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Quotes About History

We can never forget the Gujarat communal riots.
~ Raza Murad
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
~ George Sand
I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.
~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Every 20 years or so, I feel that young people confront the same issues - a new war, new challenges.
~ Sixto Rodriguez
My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.
~ W. E. B. Du Bois
My grandfather lived in New England all his life and was a Vermonter.
~ Orson Bean
If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England.
~ Paul P. Harris
I liked New England.
~ Elizabeth Esty
I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history.
~ Albert Reynolds
I remember placing the New Era cap on my head at the 2017 NBA draft - that moment changed my life. I'm excited to be a part of a brand that has a strong sport heritage and look forward to being a part of their history.
~ Jayson Tatum
They redid 'Roots,' and everyone was saying, 'Oh, it shouldn't have been done.' I was like, 'It definitely should have been done.' Because it needs to be refurbished for the new generation so they can understand it.
~ Leslie Jones
Slavery in New Hampshire was never legally abolished, unless Abraham Lincoln did it. The State itself has not ever pronounced any emancipation edict.
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We have a long history of making smart long-term investments in New Hampshire.
~ Chris Sununu
Both my New Hampshire great-grandfathers wore facial hair: the Copperhead who fought in the war and the sheep farmer too old for combat.
~ Donald Hall
Rooted in the word 'history' is 'story.' And America's story is exceptional. It's amazing. Younger students should learn that we have always been and continue to be a land of immigrants - a land committed to bold new ideas.
~ Heidi Hayes Jacobs
I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days.
~ Bernie Worrell
Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on the common law, in that its code, a new one, was founded mainly on the Civil Law and the Code Napoleon of France.
~ Samuel Freeman Miller
Anytime you approach a new season of any show it's fun because you have a newfound history with these characters.
~ Aidan Gallagher
I want to write a new story in Europe, to make a new history. I want to come to win the championship and play again in the Champions League.
~ Alexandre Pato
I don't think that the black market's a new thing. It's always been a part of history, and it's been one of the ways that immigrants and disenfranchised people move into the middle class.
~ Lela Loren
Things like Abu Ghraib and even Guantanamo are not new things: there are many precedents.
~ Harold Pinter
There is a restless identity in the New World. The New World needs an identity without guilt or blame.
~ Derek Walcott
I read a lot of history, and I know that once upon a time, a coin was worth $5 if it had $5 worth of gold in it. Now we have paper that is just backed by fiat... Maybe in the new world, something gets backed by consensus.
~ Lloyd Blankfein
I absolutely loved 'The New World.'
~ James Newton Howard