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 Category: History
History is the discipline closest to life; and life is rarely free of contradictions. – Karl J. Weintraub, Visions of Culture Category: History
History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same. – Walter Rauschenbusch Category: History
Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. – Vernon Law Category: Learning
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Belief