Quotes About History

There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.

Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.

When the train of history hits a curve, the intellectuals fall off.

Official history is merely a veil to hide the truth of what really happened. When the veil is lifted, again and again we see that not only is the official version not true, it is often 100% wrong.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.

The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past.

A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book.

I never see a forest that does not bear a mark or a sign of history.

This is the worst President ever. He [George W. Bush] is the worst President in all of American history.

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.

Any kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad.

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter.

Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it.

Jesus Christ is the only God who has a date in history.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

As we struggle to overcome our troubles, we are making history and fulling our destiny. Keep pressing!

There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race.

History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues.