History(163)

"We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind."
Juan Antonio Samaranch

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

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

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph."
Haile Selassie

"History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."
David M. Shoup

"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."
Joseph Stalin

"It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself."
Gertrude Stein

"They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech."
James Stockdale

"Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time."
Horace Sutton