Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet Empire? A few over-exited Islamists or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?

Quote by Zbignew Brzezinski

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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...

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...

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Curiosity can lead you to bigger and better things. Columbus found America by accident.

Curiosity can lead you to bigger and better things. Columbus found America by accident.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history....

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history....

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief...

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...