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Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.
Stephen Gardiner on history

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.
William O. Douglas on history

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
Kofi Annan on history

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.
Ho Chi Minh on history

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
Oliver North on history

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
William O. Douglas on history

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Wendell Phillips on history

You have to look at history as an evolution of society.
Jean Chretien on history

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.
Edward Kennedy on history

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
James K. Polk on history

Libraries are not made, they grow.
Augustine Birrell on history

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
James Stockdale on history

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
Irving R. Kaufman on history

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.
Prince Charles on history

Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
Eddie Bernice Johnson on history

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.
Jacques Chirac on history

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
Jacques Chirac on history

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
G. Gordon Liddy on history

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.
Hugo Black on history

We learned the value of research in World War II.
Amar Bose on history