#history

As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

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We learned the value of research in World War II. ↗

— Amar Bose

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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#divided #european #every #history #nation

Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#beyond #both #contributed #culture #france

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #ask #battle #big #big country

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

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If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. ↗

— David Horowitz

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History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#aspect #broadest #environment #history #man

In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

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