Quotes about History

“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.”

“History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.”

“I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.”

“I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.”

“The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.”

“I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.”

“I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.”

“In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.”

“The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.”

“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.”

“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.”

“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”

“History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.”

“I have written and said countless times it is not what happens to you in life that makes a difference! It is how we react to what happens to us in life that creates our history and - more importantly - our future!”

“Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp.”

“I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.”

“The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history.”

“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.”

“History is written by the victors.”

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”

“The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.”