World History Quotes - Page 17

• The history of the world has been one not of conquest, as supposed; it has been one of ennui.

  Helen Westley

  World, Ennui, Conquest

  "The Confessions of Helen Westley" by Djuna Barnes in New York Morning Telegraph Sunday Magazine, September 23, 1917.

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• They've been changing the cry from "global warming" to "climate change" because there's so little evidence there's actually any warming going on. I believe that as little as a decade from now, global warming will be recognized as one of the greatest swindles in world history. It has so little scientific basis, it can only rationally be considered a political scam.

  Doug Casey

  Believe, Political, Climate

  "Doug Casey on Global Warming". Interview with Louis James, www.caseyresearch.com. October 7, 2009.

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• Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

  Noam Chomsky

  Powerful, War, Hands

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• By sight and observation and thought, with the help of the camera, and the addition of the date of the year, we can hold fast the history of the world.

  August Sander

  Sight, Years, Cameras

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• I feel very blessed to have been involved with some of the most complex surgical procedures in the history of the world.

  Benjamin Carson

  Blessed, World, Procedures

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