The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. Use this quote
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Use this quote
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Use this quote
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. Use this quote
To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance. Use this quote
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. Use this quote
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals. Use this quote
You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough. Use this quote
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it. Use this quote
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress. Use this quote
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler. Use this quote
Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history. Use this quote
I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern. Use this quote
My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading. Use this quote
One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. Use this quote
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. Use this quote
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Use this quote
We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. Use this quote
Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open. Use this quote
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Use this quote
