To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. David McCullough aliveartcivic Change image and share on social
Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. Paul Harris fallhistorynation Change image and share on social
All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost. James Martineau goodgreathistory Change image and share on social
The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy. Helen Thomas americanbelongbook Change image and share on social
History will find some of you but not all of you. Because you can't know which of you will make history, you must do your best to be ready. Martin Dempsey findhistorymake Change image and share on social
History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. Richard Lamm antagonismbilingualbless share on social
I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we went walking the country, I was constantly being exposed to a natural history sort of knowledge. Richard Dawkins bringbritishconstantly share on social
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things. Richard Cecil acquaintacquiescebible Change image and share on social
I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a divided, fractured China from, you know, the opium wars through the Chinese civil war, and I don't think it was pretty for Asia or the world. Dennis C. Blair asiabackchina share on social
We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths. That is serious matter. Julian Assange 000civilizationclassify Change image and share on social