#witnesses

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#believe #events #facts #historians #historical

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war. ↗

— King George V

#come #desolation #earth #i #many

No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God. ↗

— Roger Williams

#antichrist #convert #did #ever #forth

Do you know how marriage was defined in ancient Greece? Noel said in a calmer tone. Its really simple. A virgin goes to mans house with the family gathered as witnesses. The virgin and the man share a fire, a meal, and a bed. If the girl wasn't a virgin in the morning, then the couple was considered married. That's it ↗

— Josephine Angelini

#couple #family #girl #marriage #witnesses

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#cannot #judges #knowledge #least #need

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls. ↗

— Heraclitus

#eyes #people #poor #souls #witnesses

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. ↗

— Heraclitus

#exact #eyes #more #than #witnesses

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#deaths #existence #feel #friends #look

It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

#character #clinton #distinguished #had #history

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#criminals #discovering #important #just #witnesses