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    Memorable Quotes (no. 18)

    Israel/Middle East Memorable Quotes
    “Long after this agreement [1993 Oslo Accords], which is the first step and not more than that, believe me, there is a lot to be done. The jihad will continue. Jerusalem is not for the Palestinian people. It is for all the Muslim nation, all the Muslim nation. You are responsible for Palestine and for Jerusalem before me.”

    —Yasir Arafat, 10 May 1994, speech to Muslim leaders in Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Memorable Quotes (no. 17)

    Memorable Quotes
    "Although men flatter themselves over their extraordinary feats, these are not so often the result of a grand design, but rather of mere happenstance."

    — La Rochefoucauld
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    Memorable Quotes (no. 16)

    Art Memorable Quotes
    “It is now impossible, and has been impossible for over fifty years, for anyone to make a building which is beautiful or even agreeable. Whatever may be the reason for it, this is simply an historical fact; like the impossibility of travelling abroad nowadays without a passport, or the fact that no one could make a television set in the twelfth century. No one likes to look at a modern building, let alone live or work in it, and hardly anyone even pretends nowadays that they do like to.”

    —David Stove, circa 1985
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    Memorable Quotes (no. 15)

    Memorable Quotes
    "If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian [in 96 AD] to the accession of Commodus [in 180]."

    —Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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    Memorable Quotes (no. 14)

    Memorable Quotes Politics
    "Just as the observance of divine worship is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of divine worship is the cause of their ruin, because where fear of God is lacking, that kingdom must either come to ruin or be sustained through fear of a prince who makes up for the shortcomings in its religion. Since princes are short-lived, such a kingdom must quickly fail when it loses its exceptional ability....The salvation of a republic or a kingdom is not, therefore, merely to have a prince who governs prudently while he lives, but rather one who organizes the government in such a way that after his death it can be maintained."

    —Machiavelli