951 private quotes tagged history

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” — John W. Gardner

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“I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.” — Richard M. Nixon

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“They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.” — Sandra Day O'Connor

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“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” — Christopher Columbus

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“Libraries are not made, they grow.” — Augustine Birrell

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“And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.” — Lord Acton

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“And I can tell you that history will back up what I'm about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.” — Marco Rubio

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“Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.” — Hillary Clinton

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“President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.” — Mitt Romney

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“The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.” — Mitt Romney

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“In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.” — Mitt Romney

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“I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.” — Salma Hayek

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“Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history.” — Marco Rubio

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“From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.” — Marco Rubio

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“Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.” — Marco Rubio

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“We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.” — Paul Ryan

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“Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.” — Paul Ryan

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“This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.” — Hillary Clinton

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“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.” — Barack Obama

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“By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history, the President's policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future.” — Paul Ryan

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“We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.” — Barack Obama

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“I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.” — Barack Obama

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“I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.” — Marco Rubio

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“As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.” — Hillary Clinton

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