I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history. – Park Geun-hye
Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We’re developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people’s lives. – Dean Kamen
There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race. – Mike Rounds
Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history. – Noam Chomsky
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. – Malcolm Bradbury
I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do. – Nick Saban
A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost – Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don’t hear a word about it. – Michael Baumgartner
The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on. – Novak Djokovic
Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history. – Madison Smartt Bell
We are born, we live, we disappear. One of the chilling aspects of history is the swiftness with which it carries us into oblivion. – David Ebershoff
Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history. – Nina Easton
Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues. – George Clooney
In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison. – Geoff Dyer
I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history. – Pat Robertson
I’m something of a history buff. It’s deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces. – Cary Elwes
The American Museum of Natural History is my son’s absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York. – Mark Teixeira
The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat. – Michael Ondaatje
Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry. – George Ayittey
I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments. – Friedrich August von Hayek
One of the things that’s important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves. – Gabe Newell
I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this – Tito and Mao Tse-tung. – Earl Browder
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival. – Noam Chomsky
To people who remember JFK’s assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father’s coffin. – Michael Beschloss
If you think about it, I made history. Not only was I the first black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar, I was the first black British person. – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
I’m interested in Russian language, culture, history… and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since. – David Remnick
I followed lectures on the history, geography, economy and political organization of Sweden. – Christian de Duve
When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn’t really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren’t right, or they wouldn’t let me stay in London, which was non-negotiable. – Phoebe Philo
It’s a curious thing about celebrity: being somebody who was one of the stars of one of the most popular television shows in history offers an opportunity. I look at it as an ambassadorial opportunity at times, where I can go to places and have the opportunity to do things and meet people that other people don’t have. – Mike Farrell