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God is the ruler of history. His times are well chosen The Roman Empire was an instrument in his hand. And so are the nations of the modern world.
- J. Gresham Machen
You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.
- Nelson Rockefeller
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
- Jimmy Carter
You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
- Booker T. Washington
The Holocaust is a sacred subject. One should take off one's shoes when entering its domain, one should tremble each time one pronounces the word.
- Elie Wiesel
The unconscious is the unwritten history of mankind from time unrecorded.
- Carl Jung
I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday
- Anne Frank
Peter added, "The Jews have been and always will be the chosen people!" I answered, "Just this once, I hope they'll be chosen for something good!
- Anne Frank
The Knock at the Door by Ina Boudier-Bakker.
- Anne Frank
I told myself that historically when people do too well too quickly, they are a Greek tragedy waiting to happen.
- Anne Lamott
History may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect with the story and the prayer life of the larger Church.
- Shane Claiborne