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 will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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"We are all born to make history."
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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"We must honor the struggles of those who came before us."
Joyce Banda
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"History teaches us lessons for the future."
Joe Modise
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"History repeats for those who ignore it."
Joe Modise
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"A people without their own history is like a tree without roots."
Thomas Sankara
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"To understand the present, one must deeply study the lessons of history."
Thomas Sankara
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"We honor our past not by remaining bound to it but by learning from it."
Thomas Sankara
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"History teaches us lessons we ignore at our peril"
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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"History is written by those who understand that change begins with compassion."
Graça Machel
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"To understand history is to understand that change is always possible."
Graça Machel
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"History shows us that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary change."
Graça Machel
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"History will judge us not by our intentions, but by our actions."
Sirleaf Johnson
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"History teaches us that those who ignore the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them."
Julius Kambarage Nyerere
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"History judges us not by our words, but by our deeds."
Joyce Banda
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"History repeats because we refuse to truly learn from it."
Joyce Banda
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"History will judge us not by our words but by our actions and our integrity."
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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"We must learn from history, or we are condemned to repeat it."
Joe Modise
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"History is written by those who understand its lessons."
Joe Modise
"We cannot build a better future by repeating the mistakes of the past."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
"We must learn from our history to build a better tomorrow."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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"History will judge us by how we treat the weakest among us."
Helen Suzman
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"We must learn from our past, but not be imprisoned by it."
Sirleaf Johnson
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"We cannot build a better future without confronting our past."
Sirleaf Johnson
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"A people without knowledge of their history are like a tree without roots."
Thomas Sankara
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"To understand history is to understand ourselves and our possibilities."
Graça Machel
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"History is written by those who understand that the future belongs to those who prepare for it."
Graça Machel
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"We are all students of history if we are wise enough to listen."
Joe Modise
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"I believe that memory is the guardian of conscience in a nation's soul."
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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"History will judge not our intentions, but the consequences of our choices."
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela