The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. Peter Berger on history
To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin. Michael Beschloss on history
The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out. Lance Morrow on history
We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind. Juan Antonio Samaranch on history
The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. Byron White on history
France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history. Francois Mitterrand on history
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. William Manchester on history
To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks. Irving R. Kaufman on history
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. Irving R. Kaufman on history
You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch. George M. Humphrey on history
Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24. David M. Shoup on history
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr. on history
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson on history
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey on history
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder. John F. Kennedy on history
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. Ayn Rand on history
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou on history
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. C. S. Lewis on history