Civil rights leaders have oft used their voices as a force for good. Today, on Juneteenth 2025, we recognize some of those ...

The lexicon copiously draws from scholia to the classics of the greatest Greek writers, including Homer, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Sophocles, and others. Later, the works of Polybius, Josephus, the ...

And he does so with great sensitivity. Thucydides himself uses the same patterns of analogy when describing Athenian political power and culture in the opening pages of History of the Peloponnesian ...

Thucydides reminds us elsewhere in his “History of the Peloponnesian War”: “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” This enduring observation underscores the ...

The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating rivalry between the United States and China ...

The wise politician, like Thucydides’ Pericles, understood the limits of power. Rachman goes on to draw attention to Elon Musk’s admiration for the homicidal Roman dictator, Sulla.

(All quotes below are from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.We are not makers of history. We are ...

And we've got 75 Inauguration Day quotes and captions for this notable event. ... And the secret to freedom is courage.” —Thucydides. 34. “Politics is not a ... Witnessing history as it unfolds.

Allison quotes Thucydides, who explained, “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” According to Allison, this pattern of behavior was not ...

The book is interwoven with aptly chosen quotes from a variety of authors, ranging from Plutarch to Thucydides to Churchill. Rahe skillfully introduces and explains Greek terms, offices, and politics ...