Quotes About History

India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history.

I wasn't burdened by a personal history of prejudice. It's part of why I thought Barack could win.

Anti-Semitism has never gone away; it will always be there because it's a very convenient prejudice. The gene of it, the original DNA, is buried deep within our history. And even within some Jews as well.

Not that long ago - in my parents' lives, in fact - actors in minstrel shows wore blackface to mimic and mock African Americans. These performances were based in contempt and gave people an opportunity to act out their prejudices.

So long as classical education and classical prejudices prevailed, educated Englishmen inevitably saw ancient Britain as an alien land.

What I find very interesting is, we're not enthralled by the ancient world, and we've escaped all kinds of ancient preconceptions and assumptions and prejudices. But, nevertheless, we still make that connection between authoritative speech and male speech.

Weimar lasted 14 years, the Third Reich only 12. Yet Weimar is always seen as a prelude to the Third Reich, which appears to have been created by Weimar's failures.

The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League - it's a great club with a lot of history.

As it is, I played 99 per cent of my football in the Premier League and I'd proud of that fact. That's where my history is.

Football wasn't invented until the Premier League, we all know that.

I think if you accept the Left's premise of a living Constitution, then you accept the Left's premise of a living America, meaning that they think that America's history is rotten.

If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth.

There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.

Preparation is really important for actors; they need to know who they are, where they're from, and the experiences up to the point that we make the film.

Even Toni Morrison claiming Bill Clinton as 'black' could not prepare us for the election of America's first undeniably black president, Barack Obama.

You have to ask if the country would have been ready for Barack Obama if we hadn't been prepared by Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. If they hadn't already been in positions of enormous power and influence - secretary of state, secretary of defence - you know what I mean?

There have been actresses who transitioned and nobody knew. But for me, with everybody knowing my history, it will be harder. I'm sure there are some great scripts calling for an ultra-glamorous woman. And I'm prepared to be ultra-glamorous.

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.

In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it's compared to the present. I mean there's a whole group of people that want to build new buildings that look like old buildings.

As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar.

Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and the modern presence there just cements this.

Racism has never been outright gone in the history of this nation, but I think we've had moments where everybody has been really fed up with its presence.

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.