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Matthew Stewart Quote: “It’s wrong to look at what…”

It’s wrong to look at what we call ‘Enlightenment values’ as some fad of the 18th century. It’s deeply rooted in ancient history.

October 24, 2021 1963, American, Matthew Stewart, Quotes by Philosophers

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “Genius always finds itself a century…”

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

October 10, 2021 1803, American, May 25, Quotes by Poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henri Bergson Quote: “The major task of the twentieth…”

The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.

September 13, 2021 1859, French, Henri Bergson, October 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Charles de Montesquieu Quote: “A nation may lose its liberties…”

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

September 9, 2021 1689, Charles de Montesquieu, French, January 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Norman Lamm Quote: “I showed that privacy was an…”

I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

September 8, 2021 1927, American, Norman Lamm, Quotes by Educators

Donald Hall Quote: “As I look at the barn…”

As I look at the barn in my ninth decade, I see the no-smoking sign, rusted and tilting on the unpainted gray clapboard. My grandfather, born in 1875, milked his cattle there a century ago.

August 28, 2021 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

Tariq Ali Quote: “Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual…”

Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socialists formed by the Russian revolution and the Second World War, a generation that dominated left-wing politics for almost a century.

August 25, 2021 1943, October 21, Pakistani, Quotes by Historians, Tariq Ali

John Thorn Quote: “If I haven’t made myself clear…”

If I haven’t made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.

August 12, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

Daniel J. Boorstin Quote: “The force of the advertising word…”

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

July 27, 2021 1914, American, Daniel J. Boorstin, October 1, Quotes by Historians

Samuel P. Huntington Quote: “It will take a long time…”

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

June 22, 2021 1927, American, April 18, Quotes by Sociologists, Samuel P. Huntington

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