History Quotes

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.