The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
History Quotes
The history of most countries has been that of majorities – mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more numerous minorities.
History, by apprising (men) of the past, will enable them to judge of the future, it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations.
Our purpose is not to buy friends or hire allies. Our purpose is to defeat poverty… our goal is to again influence history instead of merely observing it.
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.
Blest is the Nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.
We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom.
It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.
