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" The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. "

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" What fascinates me is that when we look at the history of women in politics, so frequently the women who get the farthest are the women who are quite conservative in their political views. "

Karyn Kusama

Politics

Political

" It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again. "

" It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. "

" The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable. "

" For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity. "

" Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.' "

" Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it. "

" The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. "

" Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. "

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Child

Thought

Business

" It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. "

" Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world. "

" As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to deny that other people have feelings is not just an academic exercise but an all-too-common vice, as we see in the long history of human cruelty. "

Steven Pinker

People

Power

" Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other. "

" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "

" We have that storytelling history in country and bluegrass and old time and folk music, blues - all those things that combine to make up the genre. It was probably storytelling before it was songwriting, as far as country music is concerned. It's fun to be a part of that and tip the hat to that. You know, and keep that tradition alive. "

" If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. "

" A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. "

Margaret Thatcher

World

Without

" The Gospel is not a theory; the Gospel is not a philosophy or an idea; the Gospel is not a way of thinking or feeling. The Gospel is an event in history. "

" History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. "

" If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America. "

" France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history. "

" For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. "

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

" The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history. "

" You will find it will almost always be more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and critique the builders from afar. But at the end of the day, the people who make a difference, the people who shape history, are not the haters. "

" Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. "

" Time is my greatest enemy. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. "

" I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. "