“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Thomas Jefferson on Dreams and History
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. on History
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” Continue reading
H. G. Wells on History and Education
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” Continue reading
Edward Gibbon on History
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” Continue reading
Sir William Preece on the Telephone
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” Continue reading
Charles De Gaulle on History
“I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.” Continue reading
Mogens Jallberg on Democracy Vs. Feudalism
“In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism it’s your count that votes.” Continue reading
Robert E. Lee on War
“It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” Continue reading
King Solomon on Value
“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.” Continue reading
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