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Sunday, September 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'History'

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There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.
Oswald Mosley, British Politician (1896-1980)
We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.
Constance Baker Motley, American Activist (1921-2005)
The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.
John Lothrop Motley, American Historian (1814-1877)
History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.
John Lothrop Motley, American Historian (1814-1877)
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
Ferdinand Mount, British Writer (1939-  )
For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
Bill Moyers, American Journalist (1934-  )
In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.
Roger Mudd, American Journalist (1928-  )
Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean Statesman (1924-  )
History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.
Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist (1903-1990)
Al Zarqawi had a long history of terrorism. He was responsible for several bombings and beheadings in Iraq, including Pennsylvania native Nicholas Berg.
Tim Murphy, Canadian Politician (1952-  )
It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history.
Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat (1866-1957)
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist (1908-1965)
I think a secure profession for young people is history teacher, because in the future, there will be so much more of it to teach.
Bill Muse, -
Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things.
Story Musgrave, American Astronaut (1935-  )
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician (1883-1945)
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician (1883-1945)
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician (1883-1945)
Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.
Ray Nagin, -
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.
James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor (1808-1890)
In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.
Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Revolutionary (1960-  )
 
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