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Letter "H" » History
«The grievances of which we complain, be assured, sir, are not imaginary, but real - not local, but universal - not occasional, but continual, everyday matter-of-fact things and have become, to the disgrace of our common country, matters of history.»
Author: Charles Lenox Remond
| About:
History
| Keywords:
assured, as a matter of fact, continual, disgrace, grievance, grievances, imaginary, local, occasional, sir
«The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.»
Author: George McGovern
(Politician)
| About:
History,
War
| Keywords:
eating away, establishment, Political history, stupidest, The Establishment
«The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions»
Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
(Inventor, Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
History,
Passion
| Keywords:
at first glance, convinces, glance, impresses, proceed
«The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.»
Author: Larry Summers
| About:
Economics,
History
| Keywords:
alongside, Asian, developments, dramatic, Economic development, economies, industrial, industrial revolution, modernization, ranks, Renaissance, the Renaissance
«The history of mankind is the history of ideas.»
Author: Luigi Pirandello
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
History,
Ideas,
Mankind
| Keywords:
history of ideas
«The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice - their choice»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower
(President)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
by chance, by choice, History of, The History, The History of
«The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent»
«The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle»
«The history of art is the history of revivals»
«The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
human error, scarcely, The History of
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