Thinkers of the Industrial Age
George W. Bush
1824 – 1900
Politicsquotes
George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.
No President has ever done more for human rights than I have.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882 – 1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms.
Adolf Hitler
1889 – 1945
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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War.
Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970
Philosophyquotes
British philosopher, logician, and social critic.
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
Albert Einstein
1879 – 1955
Sciencequotes
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
Philosophyquotes
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.
Love is ever the beginning of Knowledge as fire is of light.
Mark Twain
1835 – 1910
Literaturequotes
Mark Twain (1835) was an American writer and humorist, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.
Ernest Hemingway
1899 – 1961
Literaturequotes
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
'Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.'
Words from November 16
"No President has ever done more for human rights than I have."
George W. Bush
1824
"This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while."
George W. Bush
1824
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
Bertrand Russell
1872
"Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead."
Bertrand Russell
1872
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
Albert Einstein
1879
"Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me?"
Albert Einstein
1879