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HistoryWelcome to History Quotes, the ultimate resource for renowned quotes from the previous! Below you will certainly discover a collection of motivating and provocative quotes from a few of the most significant numbers in history. From old thinkers to contemporary leaders, these quotes will certainly help you obtain insight right into the minds of the greats as well as offer you with the inspiration to make a distinction on the planet. Whether you're seeking a quote to share with a friend or a quote to obey, you'll discover it below. So, take a look around as well as find the perfect quote to inspire you today!
Small: The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down
"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"
A. Whitney Brown, Comedian
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Small: Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity o
Margaret Thatcher
"Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend"
Margaret Thatcher, Leader
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Small: A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood
George S. Patton
"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood"
George S. Patton, Soldier
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Small: It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less myster
Vladimir Lenin
"It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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Small: A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil
Grover Cleveland
"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil"
Grover Cleveland, President
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Small: Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party
Herbert Hoover
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party"
Herbert Hoover, President
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Small: I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I ca
"I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations"
Elizabeth II, Royalty
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Small: Historian: an unsuccessful novelist
H. L. Mencken
"Historian: an unsuccessful novelist"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These ar
Benjamin Disraeli
"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
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Small: The Russians feared Ike. They didnt fear me
Lyndon B. Johnson
"The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. Theres nothing to do but to stand there and take it
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefiel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
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Small: It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition
Henry James
"It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition"
Henry James, Writer
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Small: History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of his
Mahatma Gandhi
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it
John F. Kennedy
"We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it"
John F. Kennedy, President
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Small: A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us
Margaret Thatcher
"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us"
Margaret Thatcher, Leader
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Small: Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle
George S. Patton
"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle"
George S. Patton, Soldier
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Small: I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with
Richard M. Nixon
"I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate"
Richard M. Nixon, President
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Small: 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"
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet
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Small: The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future
Jessamyn West
"The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future"
Jessamyn West, Author
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Small: The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace
"The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
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Small: I came, I saw, I conquered
Julius Caesar
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
Julius Caesar, Leader
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Small: History never looks like history when you are living through it
John W. Gardner
"History never looks like history when you are living through it"
John W. Gardner, Educator
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Small: All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at h
Victor Cousin
"All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world"
Victor Cousin, Philosopher
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Small: Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty
Frank Herbert
"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty"
Frank Herbert, Writer
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Small: Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of mans first attempts to order his view of the
"Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
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Small: 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"
Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman
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Small: 90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world
Colin Powell
"90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world"
Colin Powell, Statesman
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Small: Something as curious as the monarchy wont survive unless you take account of peoples attitudes. After all, if
Prince Charles
"Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it"
Prince Charles, Royalty
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Small: People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history
Dan Quayle
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history"
Dan Quayle, Vice President
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Small: Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm
"Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm"
Augustine Birrell, Author
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Small: Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee.
Tacitus
"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife tur
"Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages"
Barry Goldwater, Politician
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Small: Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back
"Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back"
William O. Douglas, Judge
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Small: I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest
Wendell Berry
"I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free"
Wendell Berry, Poet
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Small: Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every
Douglas MacArthur
"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"
Douglas MacArthur, Soldier
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Small: 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"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
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Small: Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe
H.G. Wells
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe"
H.G. Wells, Author
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