#long history

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#danger #defending #few #freedom #generations

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#german #history #ideas #intellectual #intellectual life

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#back #been #carrying #china #history

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change. ↗

— Edward Witten

#classical #einstein #gravity #history #long

Al Zarqawi had a long history of terrorism. He was responsible for several bombings and beheadings in Iraq, including Pennsylvania native Nicholas Berg. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#berg #bombings #had #history #including

Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world. ↗

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

#ambivalence #corporate #corporate world #family #history