Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. Robert Mugabe colonialdomesticallyhelpless Change image and share on social
History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own? Christian Lous Lange awaitcivilizationcollapse Change image and share on social
A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally. Christian Lous Lange historyinternationalistinternationally Change image and share on social
What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history - is the sum of our humanity. Richard Eyre feelingheadhistory Change image and share on social
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Charles A. Beard beedarkdestroy share on social
The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie. Casey Affleck catherinegeorgehistory Change image and share on social
I am just getting into Zora Neale Hurston, who is possibly a much better writer than the critics and rivals who tried to erase her from history, resulting in a life in which she worked as a maid and died in a welfare nursing home. She's clever. She does something modern to the sentence. Rachel Kushner clevercriticdie share on social
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel actdeductgovernment Change image and share on social
World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel courthistoryjudgment Change image and share on social
The world is very lucky to have America. It's got to be the first time in the whole history of the planet that a country has been the dominant force in the world and it has actually been a force for good... America really deserves more credit. Bill Bryson americacountrycredit share on social