“The most common characteristic of women's history is to be lost and discovered, lost again and rediscovered, lost once more and re-rediscovered - a process of tragic waste and terrible silences that will continue until women's stories are a full and equal part of the human story.” HumansStoriesLostProcessCommonSilenceHistoryTerribleEqualWasteCharacteristicsTragic Author:Gloria Steinem
“Against my will, I became a witness to the most terrible defeat of reason and to the most savage triumph of brutality ever chroniclednever before did a generation suffer such a moral setback after it had attained such intellectual heights.” ReasonSufferingMoralHistoryGenerationsTerribleIntellectualDefeatWitnessTriumphHeightSavagesBrutalitySetback Author:Stefan Zweig
“In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.” WorldEasyHistoryThis WorldTerribleQuietCorners Author:Salman Rushdie
“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” WarPeaceResultsHistoryWorstTerribleSlaveryObedienceGenocideTerrible ThingsDisobedience Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
“Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.” WarDonePeaceHistoryProgressSocietyTerribleExcuseAnti WarAntiwarTerrible ThingsMake Peace Not WarPeace Not War Book:Poor Russell's almanac Source: Poor Russell's almanac
“"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It's the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it."” PeopleI CanSoundSilenceHistoryTerribleCan NotDrowning Author:Eva Hart
“Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?” MenWarHappensYoungWishWaitingHistoryTerribleSlaveSouthYoung ManCivil WarAmerican Civil War Author:Robert E. Lee
“We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.” WarHistoryGenerationsTerribleSickAppealsPassing AwayAmerican Civil WarSo Sick Author:William Tecumseh Sherman
“Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.” HistoryTroubleDadTerribleAccidentsPregnancyRumorTerrible Things Author:Edward Kennedy