#history

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

— Bob Ehrlich

#good #good food #her #history #i

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. ↗

— George Eliot

#best #happen #history #kind #know

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. ↗

— Enya

#every #gone #history #i #know

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#any #belongs #brought #classroom #forth

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it. ↗

— John Thune

#blood #cloth #defending #died #flag

The height of human achievement and glory, Muhammad. ↗

— Pringle Kennedy

#amazing #atheist #christian #culture #direction

Interestingly, when they are on our side, we usually refer to them as guerrillas or partisans or freedom fighters. When they, the men in the hills, oppose a government we support, we call them insurgents. ↗

— Dick Couch

#military-philosophy #freedom

It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that this celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States. ↗

— Mark Foley

#celebration #challenges #end #enriching #future

World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years. ↗

— Ken Follett

#biggest #continue #drama #ever #evil

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for. ↗

— Julia Child

#history #julia-child #mccarthyism #politics #politics-of-the-united-states