Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world.

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.

In fact history does not belong to us; but we belong to it.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.