Quotes About Perspective

Every good historian is almost by definition a revisionist. He looks at the accepted view of a particular historic episode or period with a very critical eye.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

Between history and the novel stands biography, their unwanted offspring, which has brought a great embarrassment to them both.

By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

History is the propaganda of the victors.

History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.

Ever since I was a kid I've always loved history. I think that kind of catapulted things, but I would say the two major factors were maybe 9/11 and the election of Barack Obama.

The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery.

History proves nothing because it contains everything.

History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what happened.

We are the prisoners of history. Or are we?

Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

What was the point of living through history if you didn't record it?

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.

History - the devil's scripture

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers.

History is not written in the interests of morality.

There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar History is.