History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

"History remembers those who seize power, not those who inherit it."
Idi Amin
"History will judge me as a great man."
Idi Amin
"I have done what history demanded of me."
Idi Amin
"I have shaped history through force of will."
Idi Amin
"History will vindicate my methods and my vision."
Idi Amin
C
"History is written by those who understand that every moment contains infinite possibility."
Charles G. Taylor
C
"History repeats itself until we finally learn what it came to teach."
Charles G. Taylor
"History teaches us where we come from."
Abdoulaye Wade
"History repeats itself to those who ignore it."
Abdoulaye Wade
S
"History will judge us not by our words, but by our actions."
Siaka Stevens
S
"To forget history is to repeat its mistakes; to learn from it is to build wisdom."
Siaka Stevens
S
"A nation that forgets its history is destined to repeat its tragedies."
Siaka Stevens
Y
"You must understand your history to shape your future."
Yoweri Museveni
Y
"To move forward, we must acknowledge our past."
Yoweri Museveni
"A man who does not know where he comes from cannot know where he is going."
Abdoulaye Wade
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Abdoulaye Wade
"History is written by those who survive, but truth belongs to those who remember."
Foday Sankoh
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn its lessons."
Foday Sankoh
P
"History teaches us that societies that embrace change survive; those that resist it perish."
Paul Kagame
P
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat it."
Paul Kagame
K
"History teaches us lessons we must not forget."
Kenneth Kaunda
K
"History is written by those who understand it."
Kenneth Kaunda
C
"History teaches us that human nature is both capable of great good and terrible harm."
Charles G. Taylor
C
"History is written by those who study it; the future is written by those who act."
Charles G. Taylor
"History is written by those who control the present, but the truth belongs to those who lived it."
Jerry Rawlings
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Jerry Rawlings
"To change history, you need not be born great; you need only be willing to act greatly."
Jerry Rawlings
S
"We must remember that history judges us by how we treat the least among us."
Siaka Stevens
S
"Those who forget the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Siaka Stevens
"We must honor our past while building boldly toward the future."
Abdoulaye Wade