History(163)

"Historian: an unsuccessful novelist."
H. L. Mencken

"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."
Francois Mitterrand

"The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out."
Lance Morrow

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
Edward R. Murrow

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
Edward R. Murrow

"Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth."
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

"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job."
Richard M. Nixon

"It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody."
Richard M. Nixon

"There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing."
Richard M. Nixon