Quotes About History

Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the economic system it upheld.

Back in the early '70s, there were two airlines that flew puddle jumpers from the Sarasota-Bradenton airport to Atlanta: National and Eastern, neither of which exists today.

All the way back in 1999, when I first stumbled upon the idea of a project tracking John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and all the major Depression-era bank robbers, I thought the subject was too big to be a single book. Instead, with a friend's help, I pitched the idea as a miniseries to HBO. To my amazement, they bought it.

I'm an athlete. I'm not a big golf nerd in that aspect. I'm not big on the history.

I'm a history nerd. Actually acting's the best job for somebody who loves weird, different stuff.

I am just a history nerd.

Miz and I have known each other for a long time, and we really know, like, how to get at each other's nerves.

China and India are feeding their people for the first time in human history due to free markets, and the Left knows that, and it gets them nervous.

If we don't record our own history on the Net, it will disappear.

Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

You can just never forget where you came from.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

I'll never forget Rome and what I experienced there.

I will never forget January 22, 1973, the day seven members of our highest court ripped up the Constitution.

My mother told me when I left for college, 'Never forget your roots,' and I never have.

We should never forget that Americans continue to advocate for individual liberty, equality and self-governance. We often step in when it's necessary to help countries in need. But our history needs no whitewashing. To attempt this does us a terrible disservice.

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

I never forget where I come from. It means everything.

I appreciate where I come from. I never forget.

You must never forget where you came from.

It's definitely important to never forget where you're coming from, where you were born and raised.