#history

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

#flicker #his #history #horror #indignation

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#amendment #authorizing #concern #core #framers

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#did #football #history #i #interested

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#even #exceptional #happiness #history #human

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#answers #any #because #delve #essentially

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#able #always #because #comfortable #comfortable life

The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. ↗

— Robert Menzies

#blow #british #character #deadly #greatest

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision. ↗

— Kelly Millar

#early #glorify #great #great people #history

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age. ↗

— Kelly Millar

#any #civilization #down #generation #handed

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#books #genocidal #history #most