E.P. Thompson

"To be forgotten is a kind of death; to be remembered is to live on."

"Justice demands that we listen to all voices, not just the powerful."

"The historian must love the people about whom they write."

"What people do together is more important than what is done to them."

"The past teaches us that liberation is possible."

"Every generation must discover for itself what freedom means."

"The ordinary extraordinary—this is what history reveals."

"To understand society is to understand conflict and cooperation."

"The documents of history are written in ink and blood and struggle."

"Patience with sources yields insights that haste cannot find."

"The past is not finished; it continues to shape the present."

"Every person is worthy of historical attention and respect."

"The study of history is an act of solidarity with those who came before."

"Change happens when people become conscious of their power."

"The historian's privilege is to learn from human experience."

"Truth requires multiple perspectives and continuous questioning."

"The work of understanding the past is never finished."

"Freedom is built, maintained, and defended by ordinary people."

"History shows us what humans are capable of, for good and ill."

"To know ourselves, we must know our history."

"The powerful fear the historian because history judges them."

"Every moment contains within it the possibility of change."

"The past speaks to us through the artifacts and words people left behind."

"Understanding is achieved through empathy and imagination."

"The historical consciousness is the consciousness of possibility."

"We are made by history; we also make history."

"The work of recovery and remembrance is the work of justice."

"Every struggle in the past echoes in the present."

"Truth-telling is an act of courage in the face of power."

"The past is a resource for imagining different futures."