History

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.

Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Thomas Jefferson

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.