An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
- Thomas Jefferson


History is more or less bunk.
- Henry Ford


History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
- Ronald Reagan


History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
- Thomas Jefferson


I stand here today at the crosscurrents of that history - knowing that my piece of the American dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me.
- Michelle Obama


In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
- Newt Gingrich


My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
- Thomas Jefferson


Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
- George_W Bush


Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
- Thomas Jefferson


The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
- Mark Twain


The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
- George Washington


The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
- George_W Bush


The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- Mark Twain


Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
- Mahatma Gandhi


We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
- Henry Ford


Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.
- Sarah Palin