J.C. Peters > Quotes

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
― J.C. Peters, History That Changed the World: From Africa to Outer Space in 300,000 Years

“Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here obedient to their commands.”
― J.C. Peters, History That Changed the World: From Africa to Outer Space in 300,000 Years

“When Italian scientist Galileo Galilei heard about it the following year, he build one himself,”
― J.C. Peters, History That Changed the World: From Africa to Outer Space in 300,000 Years

“The British partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan, for instance, created an enduring tension between the two countries —both nuclear powers —while the British retreat from Palestine and the subsequent creation of the state of Israel, in 1948, laid the foundation for a volatile territorial conflict that continues to this day.”
― J.C. Peters, History That Changed the World: From Africa to Outer Space in 300,000 Years

“I believe I have found the missing link between animal and civilized man. It is us.” Konrad Lorenz”
― J.C. Peters, History That Changed the World: From Africa to Outer Space in 300,000 Years