#history

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Assassination has never changed the history of the world. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. ↗

— Ann Druyan

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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ↗

— Abba Eban

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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. ↗

— Elizabeth II

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Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

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