Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs of one's society can lead to a sense of powerlessness. In an age that is often crisis-laden and chaotic, an ...
Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, either by persuasion or example. But inevitably they fail, either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or because the terrorists the...
[Edie is driving Tom home from his shop] Edie Stall: We never got to be teenagers together. Tom Stall: Uh-hunh. Edie Stall: I'm gonna fix that. [the children are away; when they get home, she goes into their daughter's bathroom while he cleans their ...
Stanley Cunningham: Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in this country. A lot of generations have lived here and died here. Almost any place you go in this city has a history and a story behind it. Even this school and the grounds it sits on. C...
Histories are instruments of oppression.
It's a blindness thing, faith.
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller.
History is the stories we tell about the past.
A step backward is a step forward in history
Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
History has demonstrated that efforts to censure and control communication will not succeed.
History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.
Barack Obama is the worst President in history.
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
I'm always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way.
You have to look at history as an evolution of society.
I think that America has an obsession with history, really.
History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.
I did a history degree once.
