“I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.”
Albert Camus
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong it's reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Canceled checks will be to future historians and cultural anthropologists what the Dead Sea Scrolls and hieroglyphics are to us.”
Brent Staples
“We will move forward and as a community and a community spirit we will succeed in the future.”
Tom O'Brien
“The philosopher and lover of man have much harm to say of trade; but the historian will see that trade was the principle of Liberty; that trade planted America and destroyed Feudalism; that it makes peace and keeps peace, and it will abolish slavery”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.”
Lee Iacocca
“What historians will look at is her contributions in these other things. Historians will understand and explore the full dimensions and not just the perfectly made up, dignified widow.”
Mary Frances Berry
