"Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental."

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Source : Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2015). “The Slogan”, p.24, Vintage

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

#History Quotes

“A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.”

Source : 1977 In the NewYork Times, 2 Oct.
“I saw the end of the general magazine business at the end of the '70s, and I knew I had to move into another profession when the advertising dollar moved from magazines to television. The magazine business as we knew it was over. We were no longer the educators of the world.”

Source : Interview with Suzanne Snider, believermag.com. May 2010.
“I feel that true freedom lies within, where I shall never find it.”
“I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.”
“I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.”

Source : "Leader Immelman comes under fire", www.cnn.com. May 20, 2004.
“I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist”

Source : "Foodies Celebrate White House Veggie Garden" by Kate Barrett, Brian Hartman, abcnews.go.com. March 20, 2009.
“The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the living heart and the pulses. It is the modest colour of the unpublished blood.”

Source : Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.115, eBookIt.com
“A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are closely connected. The evangelist gathers the sheep; the pastor feeds and cares for them. The work of each lies very near the heart of Christ- [Who Is] The Divine Evangelist and Pastor...”

Source : Charles Henry Mackintosh (2012). “The Mackintosh Treasury - Miscellaneous Writings - Volume V: The Church – The Body of Christ”, p.7, Lulu Press, Inc

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