Quotes About History

Timur again crossed the Indus in an attempt to join up with the emperor. But the Sikhs once more blocked his path

No Indian can look back at that 1962 defeat with anything except embarrassment

On 19 November, the Maharaja and his army entered Peshawar. The next day he rode on an elephant through its bazaars—'the first time in 700 years that the city saw an Indian conqueror ride through its streets'.

Jabbar Khan blundered by persecuting Hindu Kashmiris. Many of them left the Valley

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

Designers shouldn't design for museums any more than mummies should die for them.

The hall of fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July.

Indeed, one of the most insistent messages of both Testaments is that there are two ways set before the human race: one way leads to life; the other way leads to death. This is not just a theoretical possibility or an empty warning. The witness of the entire Bible—and indeed of all of human history—is to the actual historical realization of choice for and against God.

Whenever the Spirit intervenes, he leaves people astonished. He brings about events of amazing newness; he radically changes persons and history. This

The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

Our history deserves honesty and our citizens need it. Without understanding who we really were, we'll never quite grasp who we have become, leaving us prey to demagogues and despicable entertainments.

Lee was tough as hickory, but the tree was old.

Afghanistan is more than the "graveyard of empires." It's the mother of vicious circles. —MAUREEN DOWD

We haven't been in Afghanistan for ten years. We've been in Afghanistan one year, ten times.

P58) It is curious how, with his stark Darwinian outlook, his elevation of war to the central place in human history, and his racism, as well as his fixation on "great leaders," Churchill's worldview resembled that of his antagonist, Hitler.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

All history becomes subjective; in other words there is properly no history, only biography.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.

There are always two parties, the party of the Past and the party of the Future; the Establishment and the Movement.

Language is the archives of history…. Language is fossil poetry.