{"quotes":[{"text":"It [the Quit India Resolution] was very far from being the Gita, but like Gita it suffered from flood of explanations, commentaries, and interpretations.","author":"R.P. Noronha","tags":["history-politics","india","indian-history"],"id":17977,"author_id":"R.P.+Noronha"},{"text":"There's a feeling of power in reserve, a power that drives right through the bone, like the shiver you sense in the shaft of an axe when you take it into your hand. You can strike, or you can not strike, and if you choose to hold back the blow, you can still feel inside you the resonance of the omitted thing.","author":"Hilary Mantel","tags":["history-politics","politics","thomas-cromwell"],"id":78826,"author_id":"Hilary+Mantel"},{"text":"Ignoring the evils of our history will only cause them to reoccur.","author":"R.M. Donaldson","tags":["evil","history","history-politics","learning-from-history","segregation","truth"],"id":82250,"author_id":"R.M.+Donaldson"},{"text":"The rate spread of EBOLA VIRUS in West Africa, is big tragedy. It is a fatal disease in the history of the world. Intensive education (formal and informal approaches) of the citizens of African can help prevent the spread. International cooperation is urgently needed to combat the EBOLA virus.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adult-education","adult-life","adult-literacy","africa","cities-and-countries","citizen-of-the-world","citizens-of-humanity","citizens-of-the-world","citizenship","collaboration","combat","cooperation-and-attitude","cooperation-s","diseases","ebola","ebola-disease","ebola-in-africa","ebola-in-west-africa","ebola-origin","ebola-spread","ebola-victims","education","formal-education","health","health-and-fitness","health-care","health-care-reform","health-care-reform-in-africa","health-care-system","health-careers","healthy-living","historian","historians","history","history-of-mankind","history-of-philosophy","history-of-thought","history-politics","history-repeating-itself","informal","informal-education","informal-fallacy","informal-sector","information-literacy","international","international-cooperation","international-law","international-relations","preventative-medicine","prevention-of-diseases-in-africa","prevention-of-ebola","virus","west-africa","working-out","working-together","working-with-people"],"id":82337,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Is it more important for you to know the science of planets and of sea life, or is it more important to learn the science of happiness, loving relationships, positive parenting and becoming rich? Don't you think schools need to teach the latter?","author":"Maddy Malhotra","tags":["education-system","happy-life","history-politics","life-skills","successful-living"],"id":91166,"author_id":"Maddy+Malhotra"},{"text":"The colored hobo and now Junior Rabbit had told us, ‘Be ready to compete but be ready to fight too or you may not get a chance to compete’.","author":"Clarence Hunter","tags":["adventure","culture","history-politics"],"id":120768,"author_id":"Clarence+Hunter"},{"text":"But you didn’t mention Orrigar I, the first king of the House of Chaldarina. He put an end to years of unrest and civil strife. Neither did you mention Ronnick II, the one who reformed the monetary system and forbade the Great Houses to mint their own coins, thus stabilizing our currency. At the time it saved Ximerion from going bankrupt.” “I’m sorry. I told you we weren’t big—” “It’s not that, Hemarchidas. You remembered the fighting kings, those who brought war, destruction and ephemeral glory. Or those who ended tragically. You forgot the wise administrators, those who kept the peace, those who brought prosperity. You needn’t feel embarrassed, though. So did history.” Hemarchidas looked at his friend as if he saw him for the first time. “So, all in all, Hemarchidas, I’d rather history forgot me.","author":"Andrew Ashling","tags":["historical-perspective","history","history-politics","peacemakers","war"],"id":208142,"author_id":"Andrew+Ashling"},{"text":"Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he’s shown his colors, run the people, making laws. Experience, there’s the test.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["biography","freedom","history-politics","inspirational-life"],"id":224866,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"Is it more important for you to know what happened in the First World War or to memorize other significant dates in history, or is it more important to learn the strategies they used for optimum leadership, success and joyful living? Don't you think schools need to teach the latter?","author":"Maddy Malhotra","tags":["education-system","happy-life","history-politics","life-skills","successful-living"],"id":284397,"author_id":"Maddy+Malhotra"},{"text":"We, the black people, the most displaced, the poorest, the most maligned and scourged, we had the glorious task of reclaiming the soul and saving the honor of the country. We, the most hated, must take hate into our hands and by the miracle of love, turn loathing into love. We, the most feared and apprehensive must take fear and by love, change it into hope. We, who die daily in large and small ways, must take the demon death and turn it into life.-Martin Luther King Jr.","author":"Maya Angelou","tags":["feminism","history-politics","life-philosophy","politics","racism-in-america"],"id":329242,"author_id":"Maya+Angelou"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}