History Quotes

I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.

America is secure because we can afford the strongest military in history. Once the U.S. economy is no longer dominant, we are no longer safe, and the world becomes chaotic.

We must wait for the official history of the Chinese Revolution to record in greater detail the invaluable work of our Japanese friends.

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in.

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.

The proud fight against colonialism is one that should be consigned to history.

Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

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.

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.

I promised her an interesting life and good food, and the rest is history.

Police departments, since the start of the history of this country, have been used to enforce unconstitutional laws that were designed to discriminate against communities of color and particularly African Americans.

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.