Fueled/history

Famous quotes containing the words fueled and/or history:

“The “real movement” of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.”
—Gertrude Himmelfarb (b. 1922)

“To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)