History Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
| Part of a series on the |
| Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|---|
| History |
| People |
| Languages |
| Traditions |
| Mythology and folklore |
| Cuisine |
| Festivals |
| Religion |
| Art |
| Literature |
| Music and performing arts |
Media
|
| Sport |
Monuments
|
Symbols
|
| Culture portal Democratic Republic of the Congo portal |
Read more about History Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Early Congolese History, The Congo Crisis (1960–1965), Zaire (1965–1996), First Congo War (1996–1997, Second Congo Wars (1998–2003), Transitional Government (2003–2006), Continued Conflicts, Re-election of Joseph Kabila, Former Names of Cities
Famous quotes containing the words history of the, history of, history, democratic and/or republic:
“The history of medicine is the history of the unusual.”
—Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Prof. Gerald Deemer (Leo G. Carroll)
“In the history of the human mind, these glowing and ruddy fables precede the noonday thoughts of men, as Aurora the sun’s rays. The matutine intellect of the poet, keeping in advance of the glare of philosophy, always dwells in this auroral atmosphere.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“History takes time.... History makes memory.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“It was the most ungrateful and unjust act ever perpetrated by a republic upon a class of citizens who had worked and sacrificed and suffered as did the women of this nation in the struggle of the Civil War only to be rewarded at its close by such unspeakable degradation as to be reduced to the plane of subjects to enfranchised slaves.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)