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“The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.”

Men World Soul Law Simple Results History Conditions Produce Constant Laws Of Nature

Author:Friedrich Schiller

“In Stalin's Russia racial persecution was often disguised as class warfare. More than 1.5 million members of ethnic minorities died as a result of forced resettlement.”

Results Class History Millions Members Died Russia Minorities Warfare Persecution Class Warfare

Author:Niall Ferguson

“Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results.”

Humans War Results History Conditions Affair Civil War Unexpected Rapids American Civil War Rapid Change

Book:Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts

Source: Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts

“Americans, more than most people, believe that history is the result of individual decisions to implement conscious intentions. For Americans, more than most people, history has been that.... This sense of openness, of possibility and autonomy, has been a national asset as precious as the topsoil of the Middle West. But like topsoil, it is subject to erosion; it requires tending. And it is not bad for Americans to come to terms with the fact that for them too, history is a story of inertia and the unforeseen.”

People Believe Has Beens Facts Stories Individual Term Decision Results History Middle Subjects Possibility Conscious Intention West Assets Openness Autonomy Inertia Erosion Unforeseen Topsoil

Author:George Will

“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.”

World Mind Seems Past Belief Fear Results History Willing Madness Insane Perceive Sense Of Humor Slips Belief Systems Slipping Dissolving Willing To Change

Author:William James

“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”

Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”

War Peace Results History Worst Terrible Slavery Obedience Genocide Terrible Things Disobedience

Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.”

Men Inspirational Humans Has Beens Facts Motivational Past Passion Wish Results History Events Arise Animated

Book:The Prince

Source: The Prince

“In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.”

Men Government Results History Ideals Worthy Practicals Good Sense

Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“A state does not simply fall apart as a result of depression... [Weimar Germany] was not destroyed by economic depression or widespread unemployment, though these naturally contributed to the atmosphere of doom, but because the Weimar Right was resolved to abolish the parliamentary state in favour of a vaguely conceived authoritarian state.”

Doe States Fall Results History Economic Destroyed Atmosphere Germany Unemployment Favour Falling Apart Doom Abolish Nazism Nazi Germany Parliamentary Economic Depression

Author:Sebastian Haffner

“This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely.”

World Results History Happened Week Creation Bigger World History

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969