History Quotes

Here's what I believe, I think the FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in the history of the world but i think there was some bad apples over there.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.

English language is the most universal language in history, way more than the Latin of Julius Caesar. It's the most punderful language because its vocabulary has a certain critical mass that makes a lingo good for punning.

Culture survives in smaller spaces - not in the history books that erect monuments to the nation's grand history but in cafes and cinema houses, village squares, and half-forgotten libraries.

History isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

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.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?

The Great Migration can get forgotten if we don't pay attention or bear witness to it. It's part of my personal history and the history of millions of African Americans who left those oppressive conditions for better lives in the North. It's important to put that on the page.