History quotes

No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the Iraq war.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history and he failed to build a true international coalition.

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

History is always changing.

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?