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“History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life.”

Courses History Land Mark African American American History Course Of Life

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.”

Thinking Wells History Generations Land This Generation Statesmanship

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“This (Vietnam) was a land of rebellious barons. It was like Europe in the Middle Ages. But what were the Americans doing here? Columbus had not yet discovered their country.”

Country Age History Land Middle Europe Vietnam Middle Ages Rebellious Columbus

Author:Graham Greene

“America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she was a widow.”

Made America Found Waiting History Land Civilization Europe Wilderness Virgins Widows

Book:Stolen Continents: Five Hundered Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas

Source: Stolen Continents: Five Hundered Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas

“Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.”

Thinking Men Life War Young Lying Loses History Land Shame Young Man Remembrance Sprung

Author:A. E. Housman

“If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7

“Peace is more precious than a piece of land.”

Peace History Pieces Land

Author:Anwar Sadat

“I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.”

Men Wells Motivational Culture History Land Acceptance Diversity Social Justice Brave Settling Glorious Pioneers Belittle Sombreros

Author:Edna Ferber

“The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would seem to make it impossible. He will occupy a unique and exalted position in the history of his native land, which might well be proud of his great genius and undying achievements in the interest of humanity.”

“A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.”

Memories History Land Ruins

Book:Poems ...

Source: Poems ...