The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.
Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers...
Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.
I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to people. But there are blips. History doesn't proceed in a linear way.
I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.
I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings.
I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.
I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service.
All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.
At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
