history Quotes

I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Although… the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

There are no extraordinary men… just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

It’s a very good historical book about history.