History Quotes

"The human condition is the true subject of all history."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"The evolution of warfare is merely the evolution of human thought."

"History is a guide to understanding the future."

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

"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"To write history is to shape the future."

"History is the best teacher for those willing to listen."

"History rewards those who understand its lessons."

"There is a manifest destiny in the progress of the human race."

"I have always thought that if we ever had a civil war it would be the most terrible war the world ever saw."

"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races."

"Let us remember that railroads and commerce have more effect than armies."

"The history of the world is but the biography of great men."

"History will vindicate those who are right."

"A nation that forgets its past has no future."

"History teaches that human nature remains constant across centuries."

"History teaches us that rigid plans often crumble when confronted with reality's complexity."

"Nations that forget their history are condemned to repeat its mistakes in their foreign policy."

"To plan for the future, one must understand the lessons written in the blood of the past."

"Nations that ignore the lessons of history do so at their ultimate peril and cost."

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

"The soil of France has been watered by the blood of patriots and tyrants alike."

"To understand the present, one must study the past."

"To be ignorant of the past is to be condemned to repeat it."

"A general who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."

"To understand the present, one must study the past with unrelenting diligence."

"The pen records what the sword accomplishes; history judges both."

"The seeds of future conflicts are sown in the treaties that end present ones."

"History will judge the acts of this war differently than those who lived it."