The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.
The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.
In history, psychedelic plants were used by priests and shamans with a desire to discover the interior.
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.
In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.
For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.
I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
