Quote Genre: History

Proverb – ‘A people without history is …

‘A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass.’

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Mark Yost – ‘History although sometimes m…

‘History although sometimes made up of the few acts of the great is more often shaped by the many acts of the small.’

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William Wordsworth – ‘Ah what a warning for a thou…

‘Ah what a warning for a thoughtless man Could field or grove could any spot of earth Show to his eye an image of the pangs Which it hath witnessedrender back an echo Of the sad steps by which it … Continue reading →

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Herbert George Wells – ‘Human history is in essence …

‘Human history is in essence a history of ideas.’

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Woodrow Wilson – ‘The history of liberty is th…

‘The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of governmental power not the increase of it. When we resist … concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death because concentration of power is what always precedes … Continue reading →

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Unknown – ‘After youve heard two eyewit…

‘After youve heard two eyewitness accounts of an auto accident it makes you wonder about history. How do we know for sure what ever happened anywhere?’

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Mark Twain – ‘The very ink with which hist…

‘The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.’

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Harry S. Truman – ‘Study men not historians.’…

‘Study men not historians.’

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Arnold Joseph Toynbee – ‘History not used is nothing …

‘History not used is nothing for all intellectual life is action like practical life and if you don?t use the stuff well it might as well be dead.’

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Marian Wright Edelman – ‘Political history is largely…

‘Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes.’

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