History Quotes
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History is too much about wars; biography too much about great men.
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In progressive societies the concentration of wealth may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.
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When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.
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There are moments where history is made... This is one of those moments.
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There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.
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A body can only deliver up the truth its bones know, Its blood, which is its history.
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History reveals that left-brain people have been creating art for a long time now.
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The problem is poverty. And it hides the problem. We often associate black churches with a history of protest. But prosperity gospel and megachurches tend to be rather soft on political issues. T.D. Jakes doesn't take a major stand on political issues. Creflo Dollar certainly doesn't.
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It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.
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Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.
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We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to influence the outcome of the election, and, believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected. They're doing it to try to influence the election for Donald Trump. Now, maybe because he has praised Putin, maybe because he says he agrees with a lot of what Putin wants to do, maybe because he wants to do business in Moscow, I don't know the reasons.
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History belongs to the intercessors
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If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran - the Koran doesn't teach you how to repress people; there's nothing in there about women having to cover their faces, there's certainly nothing about suicide bombing.
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The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
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Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.
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If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.
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I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.
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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
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Legend remains victorious in spite of history.
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We must wait for the official history of the Chinese Revolution to record in greater detail the invaluable work of our Japanese friends.
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Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
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My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.
