“In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Category: history
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If I had been elected president in
“If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society.”
— Strom Thurmond
Author: Strom Thurmond
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What you have now is a Hollywood
“What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world.”
— Emir Kusturica
Author: Emir Kusturica
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Presidents quickly realize that while a single
“Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Author: Lyndon B. Johnson
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Democratic nations must try to find ways
“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
— Margaret Thatcher
Author: Margaret Thatcher
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Natural selection, as it has operated in
“Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.”
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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The subject of history is the gradual
“The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Right around the end of the fifties,
“Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country – this music contained the real history of the people of this country.”
— Jackson Browne
Author: Jackson Browne
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Throughout history no one has suffered more
“Throughout history no one has suffered more than God. He has suffered because his own children fell away from him. Ever since the Fall, God has been working tirelessly for the restoration of mankind. People do not know this brokenhearted aspect of God.”
— Sun Myung Moon
Author: Sun Myung Moon
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The 1st Amendment protects the right to
“The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.”
— Byron White
Author: Byron White
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Geography has made us neighbors. History has
“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.”
— John F. Kennedy
Author: John F. Kennedy
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