#history

It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's death;but, as common subjects have that virtue too, sometimes, we will say no more about it. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#humor #death

I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy. ↗

— Bob Hayes

#blessed #cowboy #dallas #grateful #greatest

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation. ↗

— Maurice Hinchey

#country #development #history #importance #nation

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. ↗

— Max Eastman

#history #joke #next #poet #room

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#any #belongs #brought #classroom #forth

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it. ↗

— John Thune

#blood #cloth #defending #died #flag

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#came #having #history #hurt #knowing

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ↗

— Anatole France

#contain #dull #extremely #history #history books

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#aggression #america #army #attack #demonstrates

I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. ↗

— George Galloway

#both #bush #countries #damned #hated