"Nowhere is it ordained that history moves..." - Quote by Barack Obama
Nowhere is it ordained that history moves in a straight line.
More by Barack Obama
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“Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.”
More on History
“I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815”
“History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood.”
“It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of the spirit--the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.”
More on Progress
“To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.”
“There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people's progress.”
“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”