Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
Karl Marx
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
Olivia d'Abo
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln
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I want to go down in history.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
Sam Houston
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
Laura Esquivel
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
Xavier Becerra
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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.
Nancy Pelosi
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My inspiration is love and history.
Waris Ahluwalia
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
Sacha Baron Cohen
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In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
J. William Fulbright
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
Eddie Redmayne
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
Karen Traviss
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
Park Geun-hye
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
Barack Obama
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KING: You're an outspoken supporter of Israel. You and Bill Bennett co-authored an op-ed piece on the subject, responding to a letter from a group of prominent Evangelical Christians who urged George W. Bush to employ an even handed policy toward Israel and Palestine. You don't want an even handed policy?
James Dobson
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Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are taking up their pens to paint a portrait of Jesus.
John Clayton
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I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a 'Terrible Towel.'
Nathaniel Philbrick
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I think of the world as geographical regions, and it excites me to think about the opportunity that Europe can have if we consider it to be the 500-million-people region that it is.
Frans van Houten
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We cannot escape history.
Abraham Lincoln