History Making Quotes

• Cualquiera puede hacer historia; sólo un gran hombre puede escribirla.

  Oscar Wilde

  Writing, Greatness, Men

  Intenciones "El crítico como artista" pt. 1 (1891)

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• Me gustan más los sueños del futuro que la historia del pasado.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Amor, Inspiración, Graduación

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). "Jefferson: Political Writings", p.53, Cambridge University Press

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• Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental.

  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

  Historia

  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2015). “The Slogan”, p.24, Vintage

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• I am so proud to be running with another strong history-making woman, Hillary Clinton, to be president of the United States. I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top, being safe in the world, not only with a strong military, but also strong alliances to battle terrorism and climate change, and also to build a community of respect, just like Barbara Johns tried to do 65 years ago. That's why I'm so proud to be her running mate.

  Tim Kaine

  Running, Strong, Military

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• Rara vez son conscientes de la intrincada conexión que existe entre las pautas de sus propias vidas y el curso de la historia del mundo, los ciudadanos de a pie no suelen saber lo que esta conexión significa para el tipo de personas en las que se están convirtiendo y para el tipo de construcción histórica en la que podrían participar.

  C. Wright Mills

  Mean, People, Ordinary

  "The Sociological Imagination". Book by C. Wright Mills, 1959.

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• El candidato presidencial demócrata Al Gore ha presentado hoy oficialmente a su histórico compañero de fórmula, el senador Joseph Lieberman, de Connecticut..... En su primera comparecencia conjunta, han ofrecido un avance de la estrategia de remontada de Gore-Lieberman. Su mensaje: Representan el futuro, no el pasado, y son la candidatura de alto nivel moral más en sintonía con la verdadera corriente dominante de América.

  Dan Rather

  Correr, Real, Luchar

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• El hombre es una criatura que hace historia, que no puede repetir su pasado ni dejarlo atrás.

  W. H. Auden

  Past, Men, History

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "D. H. Lawrence"

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• Above all, do not give up your moral and political autonomy by accepting in somebody else's terms the illiberal practicality of the bureaucratic ethos or the liberal practicality of the moral scatter. Know that many personal troubles cannot be solved merely as troubles, but must be understood in terms of public issues and in terms of the problems of history making.

  C. Wright Mills

  Giving Up, Ethos, Issues

  C. Wright Mills (2000). “C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings”, p.2, Univ of California Press

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• However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner continuity,--i.e., the conscious intentions of the participants in history-making and their consciously known successes.

  William Ernest Hocking

  Historical, Understanding, May

  William Ernest Hocking (1916). “The meaning of God in human experience: philosophic study of religion”

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• That utterance of Jesus, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's," is one of the most revolutionary and history-making utterances that ever fell from those lips divine. That utterance, once and for all, marked the divorcement of church and state. It marked a new era for the creeds and deeds of men.

  George W Truett

  Jesus, Men, Atheism

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• It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

  Mayor Owens

  Rights, Two, People

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