"Once you get into this great stream of history, you can’t get out." ― Richard M. Nixon Topic(s): History More From Richard M. Nixon "Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too." "We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy." "The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker." More In History "A pacifist will often – at least nowadays – be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally."― Christian Lous Lange "You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era."― David Hockney "The subject matter is very tricky. It’s about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it’s a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians."― Daniel Craig