An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration. Peter Utley contemporaryexercisefuneral Change image and share on social
Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen Covey historyimaginationlive Change image and share on social
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. Caroline Kennedy curiosityhistoryintellectual Change image and share on social
Americans are good with to-do lists; just tell us what to do, and we'll do it. Throughout our history, we have proven that. Colonize. Check. Win our independence. Check. Form a union. Check. Expand to the Pacific. Check. Settle the West. Check. Keep the Union together. Check. Industrialize. Check. Fight the Nazis. Check. Marianne Williamson americancheckcolonize share on social
The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments. Benjamin Tucker bearclaimexercise share on social
Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s. Barry Eichengreen 1930sdaydestine Change image and share on social
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me. Brian Clough contributeepitaphhistory Change image and share on social
The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working. James McGreevey americacivildemocracy Change image and share on social
In these momentous hours of our history we call on every Hungarian worker who is led by devotion to the people and the country to join our Party, the name of which is the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party. Janos Kadar callcountrydevotion share on social
So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world. Fred Thompson aggressivebackcarry share on social