#history

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#anything #approaching #brute #brute force #citizens

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#begins #believe #cheap #governments #history

One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#african #african american #allowed #american #before

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows. ↗

— Leon Redbone

#comes #consider #different #extract #history

History has been the history of warfare. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#history #the history of #warfare

My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history. ↗

— Harry Reid

#friends #go #history #i #look

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions. ↗

— Tim Reid

#create #decisions #doing #historical #history

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#familiar #his #history #long #minute

All history is incomprehensible without Christ. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#history #incomprehensible #without

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since. ↗

— David Remnick

#four #history #i #interested #language