Quotes About History

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war they make it tour the world.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.

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

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

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.

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.

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.