The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies. Al Franken bigbillcompany Change image and share on social
No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before the immense and implacable forces of history and progress. I just hope that they don't make too much of a mess or take too many more people down with them. Alan Moore dustforcehistory share on social
You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam. Alexander Haig backbattlebeat share on social
No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948. Alan Dershowitz accomplishcontributecountry share on social
When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history. Alexander Siddig easyhappenhistory share on social
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. Albert J. Nock confiscationconquesthistory Change image and share on social
Few characters in history are indispensable. Albert Bushnell Hart characterhistoryindispensable Change image and share on social
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. Alan Huffman americanastridecamera share on social
I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States. Adam Hochschild academicbritainhistory Change image and share on social
Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility. Adam Clarke accountattendantconstant share on social