History Quotes
Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.
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"In the pages of history, lessons are written."Babur
"History judges the deeds of warriors long after they have fallen."Crazy Horse
"History is written by those who remember."Crazy Horse
"The historian who ignores the mistakes of the past is condemned to repeat them eternally."Chandragupta Maurya
"The soil you see is not ordinary soil - it is the dust of the blood, the flesh, and the bones of our ancestors."Sitting Bull
"History repeats itself to those who don't learn from it."Alvin York
"History is a teacher for those willing to listen."Alvin York
"The white men came like the wind. We could not stop them, but we tried."Tecumseh
"History does not judge us by the grandeur of our palaces, but by the justice of our courts."Akbar the Great
"A society that forgets its history is condemned to repeat its mistakes with tragic inevitability."Akbar the Great
"History is written by those who survive; let us survive with honor."Crazy Horse
"The heart of a nation beats in the rhythms of its people's daily lives."Chandragupta Maurya
"History remembers not the conqueror, but the wise."Ashoka
"To understand the past is to shape the future."Ashoka
"A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass."Sitting Bull
"The stones remember what the trees have seen."Sitting Bull
"A people who forget their history are doomed to repeat it."Sitting Bull
"Never forget where you came from, for it shapes who you'll become."Alvin York
"History teaches us what not to repeat."Crazy Horse
"History is written by those who understand its lessons."Crazy Horse
"Those ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it."Crazy Horse
"I have been asked to talk about my people. So I will tell you stories of the Apache."Geronimo
"The stories of my people are the history of America ignored."Geronimo
"Memory is the historian of the heart."Chandragupta Maurya
"The chronicle of a nation is written in the faces of its people."Chandragupta Maurya
"A kingdom that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it."Chandragupta Maurya
"My heart is a stone; it has grown hard from the suffering of my people."Tecumseh
"History will judge us by what we do in this moment, not by what we say."Tecumseh
"History teaches us so we do not repeat its mistakes."Audie Murphy
"History is the judge of all actions."Audie Murphy