The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first and deadly afterwards.
Quotes By Walter Bagehot
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So long as war is the main business of nations temporary despotism -...
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign and not a bad one - in...
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on...
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been...
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of...
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No real English gentleman in his secret soul was ever sorry for the death...
Quotes About History
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If I had been elected president in 1948 history would be vastly different. I...
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For most of our history Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from...
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There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply...
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This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime who degrades...
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one...
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History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women...
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In the history of America we've never had an energy plan. We don't even...
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For all history up to the end of the Cold War summit meetings were historic...
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The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One...
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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history which is...