“Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men - the actual man, the image, and the debunked remains.” MenTwoThreeHistoryHeroPeriodsRemainsRevolutionaryAmerican Hero Author:Esther Forbes
“At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.” YearsThreeSoundHoursCitiesHistoryMankindHundredFoundationGermanyGatesRomeThree YearsSixtyTribesMidnightFuryGothicElevenAwakenedTrumpetsRoman EmpireCivilised Author:Edward Gibbon
“There is a sort of myth of History that philosophers have.... History for philosophers is some sort of great, vast continuity in which the freedom of individuals and economic or social determinations come and get entangled. When someone lays a finger on one of those great themes--continuity, the effective exercise of human liberty, how individual liberty is articulated with social determinations--when someone touches one of these three myths, these good people start crying out that History is being raped or murdered.” PeopleHumansThreeIndividualSocialLibertyHistoryEconomicCryExerciseDeterminationLaysFingersPhilosopherMythThemeGood PeopleContinuityIndividual Liberty Author:Michel Foucault
“My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.” PeopleStillsHardPlayHomeRealityTodayJobsMotherThreePoliticsLinesWorkJusticeMoneyFamilyPovertyHistorySupportGenerationsPolicyHard WorkEthicsUnderstoodHuman RightsSavedIdeologyMinimum1960sCivilityMinimum WageSmackFood Stamps Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.” WorldNeedsHas BeensTwoRealityAmericaThreePoliticsStrongPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeSimpleLeaderStepsHistoryViolenceGenerationsPolicyCommunicationSpringDirectTradeStrategyCongressPrivilegeTerrorismDecadesIdeologyDiscussionIranRegimesForeign PolicySignalsHostileDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceFree WorldGood FaithArab SpringDirect Communication Author:Ted Cruz
“For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country. From the committee room to the Senate chamber, Senator Specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate - always willing to reach across the aisle and work across party lines to get the job done, regardless of political gamesmanship or gain.” PeopleCountryReasonDoneJobsPoliticalPassionThreeVoiceInterestLinesRoomsPartyHistoryWillingGainsDeterminationIndependenceDecadesDebateDevotionOur CountrySenateSenatorsCommitteesChamberToughnessConstituentsAislePennsylvaniaGet The Job DoneVoice Of Reason Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is warming.' The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you're going to say that we had four hurricanes and so it proves a theory?” YearsRealityEarthScienceThreePoliticsNaturePartyHistoryFourGenerationsTheoryProveClimateBillionsIdeologyTeaFree SpeechHurricanesTea Party Author:Rand Paul
“The French Revolution, Fichte's Theory of Knowledge, and Goethe's Wilhelm Meister are the three greatest tendencies of the age. Whoever takes offence at this combination, and whoever does not consider a revolution important unless it is blatant and palpable, has not yet risen to the lofty and broad vantage point of the history of mankind.” DoeImportantAgeThreeHistoryMankindTheoryRevolutionTendenciesCombinationBroadsLoftyRisenOffenceFrench RevolutionVantage PointTheory Of Knowledge Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.” YearsHandsThreeHistoryThousandDrawsMouthsThousand Years Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It takes at least three trees to make a row, and it needs at least three facts to make a truth.” FactsThreeHistory Author:Eugene Manlove Rhodes
“Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.” YearsAmericaThreeMusicHistoryHundredYears AgoJazzChainsJazz MusicFunny Music Author:Paul Whiteman