The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers... →
Noah Feldman
Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.
To hear both critics and defenders talk about the fitness of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, you'd think the most successful Supreme... →
People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree.
Julian Fellowes
What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.'
The great houses of Britain have, for centuries, been the guardians of much of our history, not just of the families who built and lived in them, but... →
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because we... →
James Fenton
A glance at the history of European poetry is enough to inform us that rhyme itself is not indispensable. Latin poetry in the classical age had no... →
There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we... →
Rio Ferdinand
The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
Adam Ferguson