- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
History Quotes
Personal history and the record we leave.
Quotes about "history" here move between the personal and the public — early museum visits that shaped a scientific mindset, and a family history full of preachers and former priests. For enduring, timeless sayings, see Long quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better than anything else in our culture, it enables fathers and sons to speak on a level playing field while building up from within a personal history of shared experience - a group history - that may be tapped into at will in years to come.
- Nov 07, 2020
In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught world history. I understand there was an Ice Age... seasons come and seasons go. I do not believe the world's going to end because of the 2 percent man-made greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. And even if it were, we're not going to stop it.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.
- Bad Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
- Judas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020