“The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and damp the sprits of its friends all over the civilized world... [The American Civil War] is destined to be a turning point, for good or evil, of the course of human affairs.” WorldGivingHumansWarWould BeCoursesEvilEnemyHistoryProgressVictoryAffairTriumphCivil WarCivilizedDestinedAmerican Civil WarTurning PointsDampEnemy Of Progress Author:John Stuart Mill
“Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results.” HumansWarResultsHistoryConditionsAffairCivil WarUnexpectedRapidsAmerican Civil WarRapid Change Book:Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts Source: Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts
“History is a great painter, with the world for canvas, and life for a figure. It exhibits man in his pride, and nature in her magnificence,--Jerusalem bleeding under the Roman, or Lisbon vanishing in flame and earthquake. History must be splendid. Bacon called it the pomp of business. Its march is in high places, and along the pinnacles and points of great affairs.” MenWorldHistoryFiguresPrideAffairPainterFlamesMarchCanvasSplendidEarthquakesBleedingExhibitsJerusalemMagnificenceVanishingPinnacleHigh Places Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed.” HistorySeriousAffairSnaresUninformed Author:Dejan Stojanovic
“There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous.” TodayTimeHistoryDangerousDangerIgnoranceHistoricalAffairCurrentsCurrent Affairs Author:Edgar Dale
“The Reichswirtschaftsministerium ('Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs') tells the shop managers what and how to produce, at what prices and from whom to buy, at what prices and to whom to sell. It assigns every worker to his job and fixes his wages. It decrees to whom and on what terms the capitalists must entrust their funds. Market exchange is merely a sham.” JobsTermHistoryEconomicProduceSellsWorkersAffairManagersShopsFundCapitalistMinistryWagesNazismDecreeNazi Germany Author:Ludwig von Mises