Throwing off despotism and tyranny is our history and part of our national identity - something in which we can take incredible pride. Mike Crapo despotismhistoryidentity Change image and share on social
My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made. Jorge Ramos advicechoosedream Change image and share on social
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Benjamin Disraeli biographyhistorylife Change image and share on social
I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive. Rick Riordan aliveamazeclue Change image and share on social
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. Ayn Rand actapproachbrute share on social
'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth. Annie Besant anniversarycalculatechange share on social
I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.' Elayne Boosler bikeboatbox share on social
If you look at the history of how information flows, there was a time that newspapers were kind of in the place that Google and Facebook are now - how do we get more people to buy a copy? Then there was a shift in the early 20th century. They needed to do better, and readers and consumers demanded that of them. Eli Pariser 20thbuycentury share on social
Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history. Eckhard Pfeiffer beginendhistory Change image and share on social
What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present. Chris Marker crosshistoryinterest Change image and share on social