Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or commonwealth:
“The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.”
—Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)
“This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own....”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)