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Leopold Von Ranke Quotes

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.

Leopold Von Ranke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: german
Birth: December 21, 1795 - May 23, 1886

Topics

Future History Past World Judge You

When I was a young boy, very young boy, mothers didn't work. Women were home, they took care of the house, they washed the dishes and took care of the children. That's what they did, and that's what my mother did.

Jerry Weintraub

Work Mother Home Women Children Boy

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys.

Jello Biafra

Me Start Saying Dead Disgusted

It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

Mikheil Saakashvili

Time World Will Others Depend Only

We need to build bridges between the LGBT community and the larger immigrant community. In the end, the bigger the tent we build, the more successful we'll be.

Luis Gutierrez

Community End Bridges Build Need

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Business Wind Know Port Sailing

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

Joshua Malina

I Can Too Much Avoid Much Too Tend

You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.

Jarvis Cocker

Relationship People You Know Want

Over the years, I found myself traveling parts of the Lewis and Clark Trail, putting my hands in the river where they set out from St. Louis, viewing the Great Falls of Montana, standing by the same Pacific Ocean they saw with such joy.

Joseph Bruchac

Great Myself Ocean Joy River Hands

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.

Christina Ricci

Love Character You Fall Know Pilot

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

Corazon Aquino

Power Light Support People Media

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Brad Paisley

Serious Throw Even Most Remark

Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No!

Pramila Jayapal

You Progressive Pro-Choice