Quotes About History

Would-be Machiavellis, some long dead before the Florentine statesman himself ever lived, anticipate the historian's enquiries by booby-trapping evidence, laying false trails, and liquidating artifacts. (This might have been what Napoleon had in mind when he blew off the nose of the Sphinx. Or was it Mohammed Sa'im al-Dahr who did it, in 1378 A.D.? No one really knows.)

In his book Black Spark, White Fire, historian Richard Poe makes a case that black Egyptians were among the first philosophers and explorers, traveling as far from Egypt as Russia and turning up with the Romans at Troy.

One hundred fifty years before, one hundred fifty miles to the west, slaves in Haiti had won their freedom by defeating the sixty-thousand-man army of Napoleon Bonaparte. This, never told to class.

What then was I doing visiting George Washington's Mount Vernon many years ago with Hazel? Confused? Confessedly. How can any American who isn't white not be?

The President is an elected king, but the fact that he is elected has proved to be of far less significance in the course of political evolution than the fact that he is pragmatically a king.... Kings have often been selected this way in European history, and the Roman Emperor was regularly chosen by election.

I have a conflicted view on beer styles. As historical artifacts, they're endlessly fascinating to study. And I think that they generally represent confluences -- and compromises -- of technology, agriculture, cuisine, and geology that make the most of what a region has to offer. That means existing styles are usually quite wonderful to drink, and I'm all for that.

Worse, because brewing could only take place in utterly corrupt locales such as Chicago,

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.

The story of America's quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots.

The past is constructed of memory, the future of expectation

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

Great people are those who make great effort to achieve innovative ideas against great opposition and great forces, and succeed in the shaping of history.

We must learn from the past, not relive it time and again.

Coming to Washington may be likened to coming to Rome during the Roman Empire.

**(C)(P) REGGAE HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY. IT IS A REGGAE EDUCATION FOR A HEALING OF THE NATIONS. I CREATED IT IN MY 1962 TRENCH TOWN BACKYARD AND OWNS EXCLUSIVELY THE COPYRIGHTS FOR ITS CREATION.REGGAE-ORIGIN OF THE WORD AND INCORPORATION INTO MUSIC. SEE THE USA COPYRIGHTS OFFICE.

listen! trench town was a healing sanctuary for many a wandering souls in kingston jamaica. I am here now to make sure that this crucial part of our history/my history will be permanently enshrined with us legends and be so protected. No one else can do it.

my message to all black people globally is this:-did we not have enough great examples of leaders and achievers to follow? so, why were they hidden from us? who deceived us? we must resurrect them all and learn the hidden history lessons they lived before it gets too late.

My message to jamaica is simple. This is 2019-I, ras cardo, reggae creator from trench town comes now and say:- you can change the report, but you cannot change the history of trench town. What is done , cannot be undone!

my reggae teaches the history of our people. it speaks about slavery then and now. how many americans know about the-1811 slave revolt? slavery built america. when I speak of reparation for slaves as black people this is something that should never be denied. why are the current politicians having a problem with reparation? why is there no slave monument in america? my reggae asks the questions!!

people keep asking me about -why I am so passionate about trench town and its people? they also want to know what- bob marley and peter tosh was like. I will say to them:- just think about some poor youths trying to sing their way out of poverty while their friends were being killed around them almost daily, and to see most of them die a tragic death. this is trench town.I am here to tell this history and truth.

There are serious risks to living in paradise. Such are the ways in jamaica. It would be difficult for the media and its conspirators to come forth now and tell the truth about my trench town reggae creation, after having perpetrated lies on our history for so long. However, an attempt was made by the late- michael manley as prime minister to do so.

there is no other profession in the history of man which shows his evil intent than politics, but this he already knows to be true, except for the fact that his emotions and ambitions won't allow him to admit because of his blind arrogance and stupidity.

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of nations and empires begins with the fall of libraries.