Famous Quotes About history

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

It's a very good historical book about history.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.