“After the United States gobbled up California and half of Mexico, and we were stripped down to nothing, territorial expansion suddenly becomes a crime. It's been going on for centuries, and it will still go on.” StillsStatesUnitedHalfUnited StatesCenturyCrimeGoes OnCaliforniaMexicoExpansionTerritorialGoering Author:Hermann Goring
“Don't be afraid of anything. We've seen so much suffering and evil in the 20th century and we got through it. We can go on. God is with us. God will help us. Trust Him.” HelpingSufferingEvilCenturyGoes OnGods Will20th CenturyGod Is With Us Author:Michael Novak
“Myths hook and bind the mind because at the same time they set the mind free: they explain the universe while allowing the universe to go on being unexplained; and we seem to need this even now, in our twentieth-century grandeur.” NeedsMindSeemsUniverseCenturyGoes OnMythAllowingHookTwentieth CenturyGrandeurUnexplainedMind Free Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to centuries of dynastic marriage, the family tree of every royal house is an ethnic grab bag with something for everybody. We need this badly; America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. We can't go on much longer depending upon disasters like Pearl Harbor and the Iranian hostage-taking to "bring us together.” PeopleWorldNeedsCountryHomeGovernmentAbleTogetherAmericaFormSufferingCultureHouseTreeCenturyGoes OnOffersAdvantageLeavingDisasterThanksShockBagsPearlsRoyalHarborsMonarchyForms Of GovernmentIranianHostageHereditaryLeaving HomeCulture Shock Book:Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye Source: Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye
“When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.” EnoughTurnsCenturyGoes OnOne DayTradition Author:Chinua Achebe
“I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself.” ThinkingSeemsChoicesViolenceCenturyGoes OnVietnamVery SadPerpetuating Author:Yoko Ono