#history

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #history




For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.


Nicolaus Copernicus


#careful #celestial #compose #duty #expert

The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.


Norman Corwin


#aspect #characters #history #me #most

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.


Jefferson Davis


#current events #did #events #ever #history

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.


Anita Desai


#back #backwards #begins #believe #book

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

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