History Quotes

"A nation that forgets its military history is a nation unprepared for its future."

"There are but few important events in the affairs of men whose great consequences are immediately perceived."

"History is written not by the dreamers, but by those who act."

"The officer who remembers his men will be remembered by history."

"A nation that forgets its soldiers forgets itself."

"A commander who respects his soldiers will be respected by history."

"A commander's decisions echo through generations."

"History teaches us that those who ignore its lessons are condemned to repeat them."

"Memory is the lens through which we interpret the present."

"I have always understood that we went to war on account of the tyranny and oppression of the North."

"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon."

"History will judge our actions fairly."

"The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn."

"To understand history is to hold the keys to the future."

"A nation that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it."

"The South relied on slave labor, and the North had free labor—one system had to prevail."

"The South underestimated Northern will and Northern resources in equal measure."

"The Confederate cause was already lost before we began to fight."

"Those who do not understand the past are doomed to repeat it."

"The South's defeat was inscribed in its economic system from the start."

"The South could not sustain a war of attrition against the North."

"History records the names of conquerors and kings, but remembers the character of just men."

"The field of history is written by those who dared to act when others hesitated."

"A society that forgets its history is doomed to relive its mistakes."

"Great events often turn upon small hinges."

"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes persistently for those who listen."

"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to be surprised by its future."

"To understand the present, study the past; to predict the future, understand patterns."

"I have always been of the opinion that the great events of the world are not to be accounted for by intrigue."

"Waterloo was a damned neat thing — the nearest thing to a damned near thing you ever saw in your life."