Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Tag: history quotations
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
Following the light of the sun we left the Old World.
Following the light of the sun we left the Old World.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown – watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown – watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore I have to beat somebody.
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore I have to beat somebody.
I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.
I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.