Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.
Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.
Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.
Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it.
There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq.
I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.