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" The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform. "

Chuck Hagel

Today

Democracy

History

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" We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis. "

" When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased. "

" My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. "

" Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc. "

" History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. "

" This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. "

" My view of my role is that together with like-minded men and women, I could help contribute to a bipartisan view of American engagement in the world for another period; I could do my part to overcome this really, in a way, awful period in which we are turning history into personal recriminations, depriving our political system of a serious debate. "

" The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. "

" History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. "

" When you read about the real history of where feminism comes from, it came from a very political point of view. I don't believe in bringing any politics to an idea like feminism. I love the idea that women should be celebrated, but I also believe men should be, too. We need both - yin and yang. "

" We're not going to let anything get in our way of hitting our milestones and making history and showing the world that Hyperloop works. "

" The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

History

Forward

Stand

" The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization. "

" One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. "

" Koreans love to dance; they love to sing. If you actually know Koreans, you see how absurd the stereotype of the 'Asian robot' is. They love to laugh - they're very affectionate. Maybe because of their history of oppression, when they feel you are part of their tribe, they are intensely loyal. I love that about Koreans! "

" The history of liberty is a history of resistance. "

" Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. "

" Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are. "

" People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. "

" There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go. "

" I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vinci Code,' and it was very difficult for them, but I talked to them before 'Angels and Demons,' and they said the scandal, abuse of power and violence was part of church history, which you can read about in the Vatican bookstore. "

" I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man. "

Douglas Booth

History

Man

" I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally. "

John Foster Dulles

Too Much

History

" The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards. "

Lech Walesa

" It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. "

Sonia Sotomayor

" We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. "

" Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. "