“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.” FirstsMaySaidStatesLastsAmericaNightBlackPresidentUnitedUnited StatesToo MuchHeardPercentVoteDemocratBarackSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaHistoricLast NightJimmyCarterJack Kennedy Author:Jon Stewart
“We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSawsLandConflictFourthTroopsHistoricForeign LandsAmerican Troops Author:Michele Bachmann
“Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the twenty-first century, the United States succeeded in its great and historic mission--it globalized the world. But along the way, they might write, it forgot to globalize itself.” WorldWayWritingFirstsStatesMightAmericaUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsCenturyTwentiesNotesMissionsDecadesHistorianHistoric Book:The Post-American World: And The Rise Of The Rest Source: The Post-American World: And The Rise Of The Rest
“Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the Strand, half way between the historic site of Westminster the historic centre of the commercial capital of the world, there began to grow up, in the minds of reformers, the vision of a great and united Supreme Court of Justice, with uniform principles, uniform law, and uniform procedure.” WorldWayMindLongLastsLawGrowsJusticeUnitedHalfVisionPrinciplesGrowing UpGrowingCourtUnitySupremeVisibleUniformsSiteCentreSupreme CourtHistoricPalacesProceduresStrandsReformersEmblemsHalf WayWestminster Author:Edward Jenks