“Libraries are not made, they grow.”
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history
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“They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.”
“The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.”
“Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.”
“Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.”
“Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.”
“The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.”
“They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.”
“In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.”
“We learned the value of research in World War II.”
“The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.”
“To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.”
“The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.”
“We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.”
“The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.”
“France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.”
“That great dust-heap called 'history'.”
“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.”
“To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.”
“The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.”
“You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.”
“Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24.”
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”