History

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.

Milton Friedman

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - always.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - always.

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

Winston Churchill

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Winston Churchill

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Benjamin Franklin

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Winston Churchill

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.

Lakota Sioux proverbs

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

Winston Churchill

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Theodore Roosevelt

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Leonardo da Vinci

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Albert Einstein