So much of history is mystery. We don’t know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time. And that fragment of time is preserved or lost or...

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it

Your Highness, we are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history. The disruption of our oil supply was the final straw. It wrecked the economy. Japan is in ruins; millions are out of work....

Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods’ conscience; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding the mirror.”I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might...

Very often the test of one’s allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument...

At a time in our nation’s history when we are using the words ‘identity theft,’ this report reinforces the vital, trusted role the Postal Service plays in our daily lives.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

Psychology has a long past, yet its real history is short.

The only Thought which Philosophy brings with it to the contemplation of History, is the simple conception of Reason; that Reason is the Sovereign of the World; that the history of the world, therefore, presents...

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

It is the human habit to think in centuries from a grandparent to a grandchild because it just does take about a hundred years for things to cease to have the same meaning as they...

Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by farmers. The spread of farming from those few sites of origin usually did...

It’s a special bit of British history that New Zealanders can connect with.

It is a cruel irony of history that he left at the moment he was most needed, the very moment he was expected to provide leadership in helping to settle the future status of Kosovo.

I am, apparently, of that rare breed that likes to write. The demands of a chapter pull me from bed in the morning, and regardless of how well I think I know the day’s road...

The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for...

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.

Right now, we are in a peak cycle. There’s tremendous energy out there, directed against the state. It’s not all focused, but it’s there, and it’s building. Maybe this will be sufficient to accomplish what...

And still, all specifics aside, it was a fascinating thought. When something can’t be known, when the particulars are lost forever, to look at the events that followed from it, that echoed it, and trace...

Bahkan seekor cacing pun kalau terluka, akan menggeliat-geliat dan melawan.

Orang kiri adalah mereka yang menghendaki perubahan kekuasaan kapitalis yang ada, orde imperialistis. Keinginan untuk menyebarkan paham keadilan sosial adalah kiri. Dia tak perlu komunistis. Seseorang yang memiliki idealisme seperti itu adalah seorang kiri. Bahkan...

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

It will really be the trial of the history of his regime over 35 years,

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.

A country isn’t something concrete, composed of intertwined individuals interlocked together. That’s absurd. A country is abstract, with some silly frilly flag and pomp and a song—a national anthem. But dust off the glitter, replace...

…as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold – everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment – an eternity...

philosophy” has itself borne many fundamentally different meanings through the years, and from one school or movement to another.

Ancient philosophy was framed by prodigies,Aristotle, Plato and Socrates.And even though their thoughts were deemed the aristocratic voice,they also had a thing for little boys.Katherine the Great so it’s been said,needed large animals to be...

I cannot say much for this Monarch’s Sense–Nor would I if I could, for he was a Lancastrian. I suppose you know all about the Wars between him and the Duke of York who was...

I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number of facts, what to present, what to omit. And that decision inevitably would...

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. This is different from what we call “history.” Mythical stories, when you trace them back to their origin, often have a sacredness, a holy quality...

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

There has never been a single homicide in history that has been investigated to this extent.

The words ‘bad timing’ came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of our planning…they did not realize that it was ridiculous...

The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba — yes Cuba too.

If you look at the history of the game it has happened to every great player: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Marcus Allen. You can go down the list, that there is transition.

The drinking dens are spilling outThere’s staggering in the squareThere’s lads and lasses falling aboutAnd a crackling in the airDown around the dungeon doorsThe shelters and the queuesEverybody’s looking forSomebody’s arms to fall intoAnd it’s...

No Zionist element, right or left, understood the Fascist phenomenon. From the first, they were indifferent to the struggle of the Italian people, including progressive Jews, against the blackshirts and Fascism’s larger implications for European...

When Lytle was born, the Wright Brothers had not yet achieved a working design. When he died, Voyager 2 was exiting the solar system. What does one do with the coexistence of those details in...

Her unusual dark hair and sultry eyes made her stand out— Anne Boleyn was Tudor England’s Angelina Jolie amid a sea of Reese Witherspoons.

You must train harder than the enemy who is trying to kill you. You will get all the rest you need in the grave.

we are blessed to live at a time of broader respect for basic human rights than ever before in history.

Dignity is not a symbol bestowed on man, nor does the word itself possess force. Man’s dignity is a force and the only modus vivendi by which man and his history survive. When mid-twentieth century...

Jason has a history of being out on the plate and keeping his elbow guard on the plate. I told him to move it back and he came after me. I was surprised, but I’m...

Its really hard to recall the day you became friends with special people.

There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it. A people risen, run their race, and die either of...

I think we’ve reached a point in our history as a people and as a nation that we’ve almost come full circle,

Wer nicht von dreitausend Jahren sich weiß Rechenschaft zu geben, bleib im Dunkeln unerfahren, mag von Tag zu Tage leben.

Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn’t life’s business to reward merit, why should it be life’s business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary...

The Black campaign has been subjected to a scrutiny unlike any other campaign in the history of North Carolina. And yes, we have found it faulty in some respects.