“From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.”
— Marco Rubio
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OUR history begins before we are born.
“OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.”
— James Nasmyth
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I learned more from my mother than
“I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.”
— David Rockefeller
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For most of history, Anonymous was a
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
— Virginia Woolf
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World War II ended the Great Depression
“World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.”
— Jon Meacham
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In the history of the treatment of
“In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.”
— James Hillman
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The dogmas of the quiet past are
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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The thing about black history is that
“The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.”
— Henry Louis Gates
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When you think of how history is
“When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.”
— John Malkovich
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De Sade is the one completely consistent
“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The claim of the State Socialists, however,
“The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments.”
— Benjamin Tucker
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