"History is no criminal court"

--

Source : Leopold von Ranke (1981). “The secret of world history: selected writings on the art and science of history”, Fordham Univ Pr

Leopold von Ranke

#Criminals Quotes #Court Quotes

“Politics is largely a matter of heart.”
“The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis in history has ever done - challenging us to a realization of a new humanity.”
“If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The most likely cause of a man's depression is his failure to be the man he thinks he should be”
“To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with pride, that these two are the dog and the horse. He believes, with an innocence peculiar to himself, that they are equally proud of this alleged confraternity. He says, 'Look at my two noble friends -- they are dumb, but they are loyal.' I have for years suspected that they are only tolerant.”
“Men=earthbound creatures, living in communities, endowed with common sense,Â sensus communis, a community sense; not autonomous, needing each otherâ€™s company even for thinking (â€œfreedom of the penâ€)=first part of theÂ Critique of Judgment:Â aesthetic judgment.”
“My mom still lives in Denver and some of my brothers are still in the area, so I still have strong ties there.”
“What drives me is a sense of urgency. We live in frightening times. Progress towards gender equality and vital battles to end discrimination on grounds such as race, age, sexuality and disability are stalling and in some places, reversing. This is happening because of the collapse of trust in nearly all public institutions, and in particular in politics and media, and the inescapable feeling that the current system isn't working for most people.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

You may also like:

Edward Hallett Carr
Journalist
Fernand Braudel
Historian
Heinrich von Treitschke
Historian
Jacob Burckhardt
Historian
Johann Gustav Droysen
Jules Michelet
Historian
Marc Bloch
Historian
Theodor Mommsen
Historian
Wilhelm Dilthey
Psychologist