“At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.” YearsLastsRaceHistoryFiveHundredInstanceAfrican AmericanAmerican History Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“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
“If a beach-head of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.” IfsWorldFirstsMayLawStrongSidesHistoryPlanetsBalanceThousandCreatingHundredWeakLifetimeFinishedSecureAdministrationBeachEndeavorCooperationNew WorldSuspicionBoth SidesJungleBalance Of Power Author:John F. Kennedy
“I am provoked at the contempt which most historians show for humanity in general; one would think by them, that the whole human species consisted but of about a hundred and fifty people, called and dignified (commonly very undeservedly too) by the titles of Emperors, Kings, Popes, Generals, and Ministers.” PeopleThinkingHumansWholeShowsHumanityHistoryKingsHundredSpeciesTitlesMinistersFiftyHistorianContemptPopeEmperorHuman SpeciesProvoked Author:Lord Chesterfield
“We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed, and we must change with it.” WorldWayYearsChangeHistoryChangedHundredYears Ago Author:Felix Adler
“Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.” YearsAmericaThreeMusicHistoryHundredYears AgoJazzChainsJazz MusicFunny Music Author:Paul Whiteman