History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"History teaches those willing to listen."
Julius Caesar
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"History is written by those who have the strength to enforce their vision of truth."
Genghis Khan
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"To write one's name in the book of history is the ultimate goal of mortals."
Genghis Khan
"Memory of past wounds can either paralyze or perfect a commander."
Hannibal Barca
"In the study of history lies the answers to tomorrow's challenges."
Hannibal Barca
"Don't inhale the stale air of the past, but don't ignore it either—learn from it."
William Sloane Coffin
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"I think we must understand that the civil rights movement was a great movement for freedom and for justice."
César Chávez
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"We must remember that our struggle is part of a larger struggle for human rights."
César Chávez
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"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Alexander the Great
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"To understand history is to hold the keys to the future."
Julius Caesar
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"Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it endlessly."
Julius Caesar
"History is written by survivors, but truth belongs to the dead."
Hannibal Barca
"History teaches those willing to learn from it."
Hannibal Barca
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"History will remember us not by our words, but by our willingness to sacrifice for justice."
César Chávez
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"The resurrection was the ultimate act of nonviolent resistance against empire."
Shane Claiborne
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"History teaches us what we're capable of, both good and evil."
Rob Bell
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"History is written by those who choose to remember."
Rob Bell
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"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Alexander the Great
"History is not about the past but about what we choose to learn from it."
William Sloane Coffin
"History's greatest lesson is that change is always possible."
William Sloane Coffin
C
"The poor have always been the ones who have had to do the most enduring work."
César Chávez
C
"History will remember those who stood up for what is right."
César Chávez
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"History shows us that prophets are rarely popular in their own time."
Tony Campolo
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
William Sloane Coffin
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"History is the story of human attempts to balance freedom and community."
Barbara Brown Taylor
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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
Alexander the Great
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"To understand the future, one must first understand the past."
Alexander the Great
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"History teaches us that change, though difficult, is always possible."
Tony Campolo
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"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Tony Campolo
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"History will remember our struggle for justice."
César Chávez