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History Quotes

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is Picture Quote #1

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed from race to race from age to age Picture Quote #1

I’ve been lucky. I’ve had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience Picture Quote #1

In most of history, societies have not been free. It’s a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny Picture Quote #1

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature Picture Quote #1

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together Picture Quote #1

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The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax Picture Quote #1

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past? Picture Quote #1

Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don’t believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you’re likely to have issues Picture Quote #1

People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930’s and the thing that, the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other Picture Quote #1

At times like that it’s difficult to remember what’s at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home Picture Quote #1

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they’ve answered the call in bravery and sacrifice Picture Quote #1

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I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people’s recollections, which change with time Picture Quote #1

I have not much interest in anyone’s personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that Picture Quote #1

There’s a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that’s being done Picture Quote #1

It is the creator of fiction’s point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history Picture Quote #1

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions Picture Quote #1

The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally Picture Quote #1

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My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history Picture Quote #1

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future Picture Quote #1

No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can’t draw to save my life you know Picture Quote #1

The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history? Picture Quote #1

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende Picture Quote #1

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy Picture Quote #1

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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history Picture Quote #1

This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president Picture Quote #1

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology Picture Quote #1

It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future Picture Quote #1

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again Picture Quote #1

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does Picture Quote #1

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To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is (History Quotes) Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed from race to race from age to age (History Quotes) I’ve been lucky. I’ve had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience (History Quotes) In most of history, societies have not been free. It’s a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny (History Quotes) Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature (History Quotes) How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together (History Quotes) The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax (History Quotes) After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past? (History Quotes) Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don’t believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you’re likely to have issues (History Quotes) People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930’s and the thing that, the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other (History Quotes) At times like that it’s difficult to remember what’s at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home (History Quotes) History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they’ve answered the call in bravery and sacrifice (History Quotes) I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people’s recollections, which change with time (History Quotes) I have not much interest in anyone’s personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that (History Quotes) There’s a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that’s being done (History Quotes) It is the creator of fiction’s point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history (History Quotes) There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions (History Quotes) The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally (History Quotes) My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history (History Quotes) The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future (History Quotes) No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can’t draw to save my life you know (History Quotes) The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history? (History Quotes) To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende (History Quotes) Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy (History Quotes) With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history (History Quotes) This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president (History Quotes) The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology (History Quotes) It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future (History Quotes) History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again (History Quotes) I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does (History Quotes)

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