The 100 Quotes

“My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.”
― Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

“إن اختياري محمداً ليكون الأول في أهم وأعظم رجال التاريخ قد يدهش القراء، لكنه الرجل الوحيد في التاريخ كله الذي نجح أعلى نجاح على المستويين: الديني والدنيوي، فهناك رُسل وأنبياء وحكماء بدءوا رسالات عظيمة، لكنهم ماتوا دون إتمامها، كالمسيح في المسيحية، أو شاركهم فيها غيرهم، أو سبقهم إليهم سواهم، كموسى في اليهودية، ولكن محمداً هو الوحيد الذي أتم رسالته الدينية، وتحددت أحكامها، وآمنت بها شعوب بأسرها في حيات؛ ولأنه أقام جانب الدين دولة جديدة، فإنه في هذا المجال الدنيوي أيضاً، وحّد القبائل في شعب، والشعوب في أمة، ووضع لها كل أسس حياتها، ورسم أمور دنياها، ووضعها في موضع الانطلاق إلى العالم.
أيضاً في حياته، فهو الذي بدأ الرسالة الدينية والدنيوية وأتمها”
― Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

“وهو يؤمن بأن الحكومة إنما أنشئت لخدمة الشعب وليس العكس. وأن الحاكم يجب أن تكون عنده قيم أخلاقية ومثل عليا . ومن الحكم التي اتخذها كونفوشيوس قاعدة لسلوكه تلك الحكمة القديمة التي تقول : "أحب لغيرك ما تحب لنفسك”
― Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

“Simon BolIvar is often called "the George Washington of South
America" because of his role in the liberation of five South
American countries (Colombia, Venezula, Ecuador, Peru and
Bolivia) from Spanish rule. Few, if 'any, political figures have
played so dominant a role in the history of an entire continent as
he did.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Cyrus (Kurush in the original Persian) was born about 590
B.C., in the province of Persis (now Fars), in southwest Iran.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Persian Empire.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Nevertheless, when da Gama returned to Lisbon, on September 9, 1499, both he and the king correctly understood that his two-year voyage had been a tremendous success.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“On May 20, 1498, about ten months after his departure from Portugal, da Gama arrived at Calicut, the most important trade center of southern India.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“The Chinese emperor Sui Wen Ti (original name: Yang Chien)
succeeded in reunifying China after it had been badly divided for
hundreds of years.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“A prominent example is
Pol Pot, who ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. In that relatively
brief period roughly two million Cambodians died-an even
greater proportion of the population than were killed by Stalin
during the twenty-five years he headed the Soviet Union.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“A second attempt, in November
1917, succeeded, and Lenin became the new head of state.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Lenin was born in 1870, in the town of Simbirsk (now called
Ulyanovsk in his honor), in Russia.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, best known today by his pseudonym,
Lenin, was the political leader principally responsible for the
establishment of Communism in Russia.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Mani was born in 216, in Mesopotamia, which at that time was part of the Persian Empire under the Arsacid or Parthian dynasty.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“The third-century prophet Mani was the founder of Mani
chaeism, a religion which, though extinct today, at its height had
a very large number of followers.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Gregory Pincus was born in 1903, in Woodbine, New
Jersey, the son of Russian-Jewish parents.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Gregory Pincus was the American biologist who played the principal role in the development of the oral contraceptive pill.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Malthus was born in 1766, near Dorking, in Surrey,
England.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“In 1798, a previously obscure English parson, Thomas Robert Malthus, published a short but highly influ~ntial book entitled. An Essay on the Principle of Population as It Affects the Future Improvement oj Society”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Machiavelli was born in 1469, in Florence, Italy.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“The Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli is notorious
for his blunt advice that a ruler interested in maintaining and in
creasing his power should make use of deceitfulness, cunning,
and lies, combined with a ruthless use of force.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“The famous philosopher J ean-Jacques Rousseau was born in 1712, in Geneva, Switzerland.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Leonhard Euler, the eighteenth-century Swiss mathematician
and physicist, was one of the most brilliant and prolific scientists
of all time.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“It was in Chicago, on December 2, 1942, that the nuclear reactor which had been designed and constructed under Fermi's supervision first went into successful operation.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Since Enrico Fermi was the world's leading authority on neutrons, and since he combined both experimental and theoretical talents, he was chosen to head the group attempting to construct the world's first nuclear reactor.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Enrico Fermi, the man who designed the first nuclear reactor, was born in 1901, in Rome, Italy.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Johannes Kepler, the discoverer of the laws of planetary motion, was born in 1571, in the town of Weil der Stadt, Germany.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“A remark frequently attributed to him is: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History

“Fran~ois Marie Arouet-better known by his pseudonym, Voltaire-was the leading figure of the French Enlightenment”
― Michael H Hart, The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History