Logo
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our hi

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and weve been in wars ever since. Were not a pacific people. – James Lee Burke

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
History
category

In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. – Wallace Shawn

Category:
History

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema. – Conrad Hall

Category:
History

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

Category:
History

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually dont, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened… and it happened because of a beautiful idea. – Genevieve Gorder

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity. – George Oppen

Category:
Poetry

Fear follows crime and is its punishment. – Voltaire

Category:
Fear

But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people. – Andrea Martin

Category:
Family

Those that marry for money sell their liberty. – Proverb

Category:
Marriage