Quotes about History

“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”

“Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!”

“History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.”

“The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.”

“In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?”

“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”

“The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.”

“The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.”

“In history people dressed much better than we do today.”

“The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology.”

“I just want to create my own history.”

“What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?”

“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.”

“The Negro League had some of the best players in history. Satchel Paige was probably one of the best pitchers in the history of baseball, and many believe catcher Josh Gibson was a better hitter than Babe Ruth.”

“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”

“Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean share a cultural heritage based on centuries of common history. And what is more, we share the same values and world view. We believe in a world order that is based on cooperation, on regionalism, on multilateralism.”

“In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.”

“I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.”

“Never, ever forget history.”

“I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.”