Quotes About History

The simple idea that people should be allowed to worship as they wished caused more suffering than the ten plagues of Egypt.

The Ottoman Empire was in decline, held back from modernization by a conservative Muslim priesthood.

Boy did not see why two great nations such as England and Germany should go to war over a half-barbaric wasteland such as Poland.

L'homme qui prépare les onguents et les médecines a pour nom apothicaire. Lorsque c'est une femme qui exerce cette activité, on l'appelle sorcière.

Cuánto tiempo necesitáis antes de que acabéis admitiendo que el comunismo es un fracaso?

Woodrow Wilson was the first American president ever to leave the country during his term of office.

I loved it, couldn't stop reading, I learnt many more things of medieval time.

German women have to make hard choices. We're paying for the easy choices German men made fifteen years ago. Men such as my father, who thought Hitler would be good for business, and Heinrich's father, who voted for the Enabling Act. The sins of the fathers are visited on the daughters.

El general rebelde, Franco, había conseguido el respaldo de la Iglesia católica.

I'm glad to see that the crusading spirit of your forebears hasn't been entirely obliterated by rock and roll.

his naval namesake. He spoke German as a

Nuestro espía de El Cairo es el más grande de todos los héroes.   ERWIN ROMMEL, septiembre de 1942

La característica más asombrosa del liderazgo soviético de los anteriores sesenta y cinco años era la negativa a afrontar los hechos.

llamados «canónigos»

In Germany the police had supported the Nazis and sided with the Brownshirts. Would they do the same here? Surely

Whatever else Lenin might have done—and it was difficult to separate the truth from the conservative propaganda—at least, Billy thought, he was serious about educating Russian children. On

People were born and died, cities could rise and fall, wars began and ended, but Kingsbridge Cathedral would last until the Day of Judgement.

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions—logical, moderate decisions—each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known.

Allies had stood on the sidelines, fighting minor wars, joining in only for the last eleven months. All their casualties put together were only a fraction of those suffered by the Soviet people.

Philip stepped forward to whip the king. He was glad he had lived to see this. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.

Solo sirvió para recordarle que el fin de la civilización era posible

An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner.

The Cathedral Builders by Jean Gimpel.

The Medieval Machine