Quotes About History

The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.

[James Mattis] is a student of history. He's a strategic thinker.

We must muster the courage, we must find the will, we must do what is necessary to build a truly transformative movement that will end the history and cycle of caste in America.

Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built

We're going to have to change our traditions, our history.

History is in a manner a sacred thing, so far as it contains truth; for where truth is, the supreme Father of it may also be said to be, at least, inasmuch as concerns truth.

Yeah, I cut class...I got a D. Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap. That's why I always sat in the back.

First governor in Arkansas history to ever lower taxes.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

I believe that the ideals that America has stood for throughout our history represent the highest ideals of humankind.

The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.

Reality ensures that the end of history will never come.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

Barack Obama is facing a financial emergency on a grander scale. Yet his approach has been to engage in one of the biggest peacetime spending binges in American history.

I would explain to my children very simply that the defense of liberty is a cause that exacts a very high price in the history of humankind.

I really am enjoying my economics class, but I think my favorite course has to be history.

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it.

There is also, in any history, the buried, the wasted, and the lost.

One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.

Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.

It is a golden chapter in the history of India's maritime security. May INS Vikramaditya, imbibe the radiance of the sun and confidence of victory in each one of us.

India is a civilization with a history that is thousands of years old.The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.

A good many people voted for [Barack] Obama, and I'm not only talking about the black vote. A lot of people voted for Obama because of our history of racial discrimination in this country.