History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

Quote by Ted Koppel

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People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the...

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the...

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the...

Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the...

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass...

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass...

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace...

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total...

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet...

Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer...

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.