History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

"The European Union is a political sleepwalker heading towards the cliff."
Margaret Thatcher
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"History teaches us that cooperation is more powerful than conflict."
Angela Merkel
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"History teaches us that division weakens nations."
Angela Merkel
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"We must learn from history to avoid repeating its mistakes."
Angela Merkel
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"History judges us not by our intentions, but our actions."
Angela Merkel
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"History will judge us not by our intentions but by our actions."
Aung San Suu Kyi
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"Every man I knew went to Korea."
Marilyn Monroe
"History is a teacher, and those who ignore it are condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Margaret Thatcher
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"We must learn from history, but not be imprisoned by it."
Angela Merkel
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"Memory shapes identity, just as history shapes nations."
Angela Merkel
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"A nation that forgets where it came from cannot know where it is going."
Angela Merkel
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"We must learn from history so that we do not repeat its mistakes."
Aung San Suu Kyi
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"History teaches us that change is constant and often unexpected. We must be adaptable in our thinking."
Indra Nooyi
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"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Jacinda Ardern
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"History teaches us that nothing is permanent except change itself."
Angela Merkel
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"History is written by those who understand both past and future."
Angela Merkel
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"We must always remember that institutions outlive individuals."
Angela Merkel
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"A nation that forgets its history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."
Angela Merkel
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"History teaches us that change is inevitable and necessary."
Indra Nooyi
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"History will judge us by how we treated those with less power."
Indra Nooyi
"History is made by those who never quit."
Lionel Messi
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"This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened."
Jesus Christ
"Europe is our past, America is our present, and China is our future."
Margaret Thatcher
"History repeats itself if we don't learn from it."
Mike Tyson
"The errors of that regime, both sins of commission and sins of omission, have left their mark upon the Soviet Union that now we see before us."
Margaret Thatcher
"The British people are not merely fond of greatness; they are rather proud to imagine it."
Margaret Thatcher
"Each generation must maintain the institutions it has inherited or construct them anew."
Margaret Thatcher
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"History is made by those who believe in themselves."
Nadia Comaneci
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"I witnessed history through my achievements."
Nadia Comaneci
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"History is written by those who dare to be different."
Nadia Comaneci