Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [221-240] of 271 History quotesHistory QuotesHistory Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important. If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. I'm warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.~ Ronald Reagan History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.~ Ronald Reagan Congress is extraordinarily reluctant to inject itself into foreign policy. It has dumped entirely its constitutional duty for money onto a central bank, and for trade, onto the executive branch. It seems to never know what the CIA and other intelligence agencies are doing. Like the Romans, they no longer talk of the republic or liberty. And like the Romans, the American people, or most of them anyway, don’t seem to care. ... Like the Romans, we no longer have a citizen army but professional legions, and whether they wear jackboots or not, some federal officers seem to regard Americans with about the same compassion as the Praetorian Guard had for the plebes. As in Rome, the air is full of suspicion, intrigues and conspiracies, real or imagined, and the air reeks of greed and opportunism. As those on the Tiber, the rulers on the Potomac have grown suspicious of the people, don’t trust them and, in some cases fear them. And, as in Rome, they grovel in luxury while taking 40 cents on the dollar out of the sweat of working people to pay for corn and circuses to keep the mob satisfied. ~ Charley Reese The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.~ Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary The history of war is the history of powerful individuals willing to sacrifice thousands upon thousands of other people’s lives for personal gains.~ Michael Rivero Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.~ Eleanor Roosevelt Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer. Science, as a dominant factor in determining the belief of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years. In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force. When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.~ Bertrand Russell I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell History is written by those who win and those who dominate.~ Edward Said Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George Santayana Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George Santayana Can we truly expect those who aim to exploit us to be trusted to educate us?~ Eric Schaub Republics are formed only after revolution. The change to the empire is slow and gradual. One of the saddest lessons of history is that whenever these schools of politics have met in the republics of old, the imperial school, with its dazzling influence of wealth and power, has always won.~ John F. Shafroth Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.~ Ben Shahn Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.~ George Bernard Shaw Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.~ George Bernard Shaw People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work.~ L. Neil Smith In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to teaching Remedial English in college.~ Joseph Sobran Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.~ Thomas Sowell One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires — and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.~ Thomas Sowell Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print