I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. Richard M. Nixon
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Dan Quayle
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. Douglas MacArthur
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? Jackie Kennedy
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. Richard M. Nixon
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank Herbert
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. Arnold J. Toynbee
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Henry James
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Edward R. Murrow
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis D. Brandeis
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Adams
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. Grover Cleveland
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. Gertrude Stein