Quotes about History

“Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.”

“All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.”

“I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.”

“You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.”

“We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.”

“I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.”

“Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.”

“History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'”

“From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.”

“The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.”

“Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.”

“When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.”

“We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.”

“France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.”

“The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.”

“History will judge harshly my Republican colleagues who deny the science of climate change. Similarly, those Democrats who would use climate change as a basis to regulate out of existence the American experience will face the harsh reality that their ideas will fail.”

“For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.”

“I was France.”

“Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.”

“It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.”

“The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.”