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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
Samuel Butler on history

If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Bill Maher on history

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.
Richard Dawkins on history

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
Norman Cousins on history

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
David Brin on history

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.
Brian Clough on history

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on history

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.
William J. Clinton on history

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Arthur C. Clarke on history

History shows that there are no invincible armies.
Joseph Stalin on history

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
Anatole France on history

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
Molly Ivins on history

I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.
Richard Dawkins on history

A strange thing is memory, and hope one looks backward, and the other forward one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day.
Grandma Moses on history

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
C. Wright Mills on history

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Barbara Tuchman on history

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
Mason Cooley on history

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.
Henry A. Kissinger on history

All History is current all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.
Alice Walker on history

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on history