#history

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#decades #good #history #much #over

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#antithesis #between #contest #define #ever

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted. ↗

— James Spader

#also #become #becoming #been #diluted

And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history. ↗

— Edwin Starr

#gotta #history #kind #longevity #me

In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#american history #around #assassination #assassinations #comes

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#asian #developments #dramatic #economic #economies

If people don't like the history, I'm sorry. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#i #like #people #sorry

I'm a history dork and a sci-fi dork. ↗

— Sprague Grayden

#history #i #sci-fi

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#dealt #history #kindly #low #periods

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us. ↗