Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, progress, world and/or war:
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“History, as an entirety, could only exist in the eyes of an observer outside it and outside the world. History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
“I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one’s manhood.”
—Myriam Miedzian, U.S. author. Boys Will Be Boys, ch. 2 (1991)