Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, independent and/or day:
“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“False history gets made all day, any day,
the truth of the new is never on the news
False history gets written every day
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the lesbian archaeologist watches herself
sifting her own life out from the shards she’s piecing,
asking the clay all questions but her own.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“An hour of winter day might seem too short
To make it worth life’s while to wake and sport.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)