The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
Vladimir Lenin
I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.
Annie Lennox
Of course, De Niro has had a long history of memorable performances. Everyone knows 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull,' but... →
Adriane Lenox
There will always be something about two men in the ring - a mystique because it's pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has... →
Sugar Ray Leonard
Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good at forgetting. Our ignorance of... →
Jill Lepore
The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the... →
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.
Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history.
Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which... →
History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what to do next... →