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Category Archives: History
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
Thomas Sowell on History and Society
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” Continue reading
L. Frank Baum on Imagination
“Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.” Continue reading
King Solomon on Value
“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.” Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson on Liberty
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Continue reading
Plato on Poetry
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Continue reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower on War
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Continue reading
John F. Kennedy on History
“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.” Continue reading
Napoleon Bonaparte on History
“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” Continue reading
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