History Quotes

"Men make history, and not the other way around."

"It is impossible to stop the march of history."

"The lessons of history are as vital as the lessons of science."

"Sometimes I think it is history that uses us to achieve its purposes."

"It was public knowledge that the Soviets had a missile gap advantage."

"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

"I do think that the spirit of America is kind of in my bones."

"Culture is the memory of a people."

"History is a powerful teacher for those willing to learn."

"Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it."

"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."

"I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story."

"The American story is one of progress."

"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors and the men it remembers."

"If this nation is to be wise, it must learn the lessons of the past."

"Breakfast at Tiffany's represents a different era, a different world."

"I was born in Brussels, and I did have, when I was young, a little bit of French spoken, but I was born in Brussels."

"I lived in the Netherlands during the Second World War. I witnessed many human rights violations, and I understood what it meant to be hungry."

"History comes down, it always comes down to the choices brave people make."

"All the lessons of history and all the prophecies point to this conclusion: that so long as the capitalist system lasts, peace will be capitalism's demanding need."

"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."

"The convention of world wars beginning with great conspicuous events is all wrong."

"Our task is not to fight or flee from history, but to make peace with it."

"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know."

"In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking peoples."

"We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution."

"History shows that when religious policy and state policy are mixed together, both suffer."

"I know we should never ignore the lessons that history teaches us."

"History teaches us that change is possible, even when it seems impossible."

"Each generation has to fight the same battles again and again."