“History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.”
Hubert H. Humphrey
“What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it”
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably”
Mark Twain
“It means something for us to know that history and get some feel for who the people were,”
Julian Bond
“I think the Haitian people are trying to turn a new page in their history. That's what we, the US, as well as other countries working with Haiti, are trying to help them do.”
Sean McCormack
“Hopefully, the house will let people know how he played a role in American history.”
Chris Walker
“We hope that the Japanese Government and its leaders will, with a highly responsible attitude toward history, the people and the future, and proceeding from the overall interest of the Sino-Japanese friendship, regional stability and development of Asia, handle historical issues in a serious and prudent manner and translate the apologies and remorse they have expressed for that war of aggression into concrete actions.”
Hu Jintao