Quotes About History

During the Renaissance, women were not allowed to attend art school. Everyone asks, where are the great women painters of the Renaissance?

As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account.

I am proud of Hillary Clinton because she has been and is a great history maker - in everything she has done.

My great grandma, she's in her 80s, so she tells me a lot about the things she's seen. I learn a lot from her.

America comes from a flawed but wonderful idea. Many great things have sprung forth over the past few hundred years but there were deep issues in the beginning that now are starting to show up.

The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.

Now that Ronald Reagan's place in history is secure, liberals are trying to remake him. A pernicious myth is that Reagan and Tip O'Neill were great friends.

My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.

Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

The Wars is a great book, rich in its images, its language, its construction, and, ultimately, its conception.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.

We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.

I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.

The history of empires is the record of human misery; the history of the sciences is that of the greatness and happiness of mankind.

Those who don't know the mistakes of the past won't be able to enjoy it when they make them again in the future.

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.

Obama's got a health care logo that's right out of Adolf Hitler's playbook ... Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.