#history

I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

#anymore #because #even #geography #history

The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#confirmed #history #liberate #only #oppressed

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#believe #even #got #i #innocent

I'm a staunch believer that we are in an earth cycle. There's no question the planet is changing, and the fact that the Mayans had an end date and their history talks of change, I find that fascinating. ↗

— George Noory

#change #changing #cycle #date #earth

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. ↗

— James K. Polk

#action #almost #although #chief #chosen

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#free #free society #glorious #history #our

The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#bankers #businessmen #century #consistently #disastrous

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#cleaned #consumption #dirty #history #innocents

After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#america #because #economic #experiment #history

We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#been #country #devastating #fortunate #history