#history

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#almost #am #corps #equal #force

It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#because #different #elements #film #get

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

#claim #exercised #governments #his #history

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#appreciate #chosen #elephant #foot #injustice

My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day. ↗

— Thomas Vilsack

#challenge #choice #day #friends #go

The past is a reality that exists just beyond our reach. ↗

— Joanna Denny

#history #tudor #life

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#full #good #good stories #got #history

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#being #believed #changed #considered #history

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#also #century #complacent #history #humankind

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. ↗

— Saul Williams

#aspire #because #black #criticism #current