“Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.”
— Lion Feuchtwanger
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“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.”
— Pope John Paul II
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“I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.”
— Dalai Lama
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“They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.”
— James Stockdale
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“As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.”
— Hillary Clinton
Author: Hillary Clinton
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“As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians – the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past.”
— Kevin Rudd
Author: Kevin Rudd
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“Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history.”
— Marco Rubio
Author: Marco Rubio
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“One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.”
— James Buchan
Author: James Buchan
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“And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.”
— David Icke
Author: David Icke
Category: history
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“Humanity has experienced many revolutionary changes over the course of history: revolutions in agriculture, in science, industrial production, as well as numerous political revolutions. But these have all been limited to the external aspects of our individual and collective lives.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
Author: Daisaku Ikeda
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“Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.”
— Walt Whitman
Author: Walt Whitman
Category: history
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