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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

B. R. Ambedkar

History

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

History is a relay of revolutions.

Saul Alinsky

History

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

History

Country

I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.

The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie.

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Theodor Adorno

History