“In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky will keep the memory of our age alive.” YearsMayTwoAgeMemoriesAlivePoliticianThousandForgottenImmortalityThousand YearsBernard ShawStravinskyMadame Curie Author:Anthony Burgess
“Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.” PoliticalPoliticsMemoriesFreedomLibertyPoliticianLibertarianLibertarianismAdmirableShort Memory Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not.” MightMemoriesPoliticianVotersShort Memory Book:City of Stairs Source: City of Stairs
“I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter of politicians picking targets and ruling out offensive measures in the absurd hope that the enemy would respond to our restraint by yielding to our demands.” MemoriesEnemyPoliticianDemandLifetimeAbsurdWitnessTargetVietnamOffensiveRestraintRuling Author:John McCain
“People with long memories and a vivid sense of the past have an immediate understanding of politicians like Donald Trump. They are not surprised by the behavior of Google, a corporation that notionally (until recently anyway) espoused the slogan "don't be evil" and then runs over individual people and even entire nations in the pursuit of profit.” PeopleLongRunningPastEvilIndividualNationsUnderstandingMemoriesTrumpPoliticianBehaviorProfitPursuitCorporationsGoogleVividSlogans Author:Dale Jamieson
“I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongWarSometimesSeemsYoungNationsMemoriesForgetHappenedHavensPoliticianLong TimeConsequenceCarefulContact Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he read. He was, at the end of the day, a politician: politics were his heaven, said William Herndon. But Lincoln did take comfort in ideas and books, more so than almost any other president, and he went to books and ideas in moments of perplexity to sort things out. Philosopher, no, but thoughtful and "surprisingly well-read" for his day.” BookMomentsHeavenPresidentMemoriesPoliticianComfortIntellectualInstinctCuriosityPhilosopherThoughtful Author:Allen C. Guelzo
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” KnowsNatureMemoriesJusticeDecisionDealsPartyPoliticianVoteVoting Author:Wendell Berry