I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history. John Sherman Cooper backdecisiondisinterested share on social
The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low. Bill Gates abjecthistoryinequitable Change image and share on social
In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. Salman Rushdie cornereasyescape Change image and share on social
In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence. Cory Booker advancementamericaamerican Change image and share on social
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
I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England. Damon Albarn englandenjoyhistory Change image and share on social
The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty. Nathaniel Branden consciouslycountrycreate 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
Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Michel Houellebecq activechangehistory Change image and 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
