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 remember the brave."
Assata Shakur
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"Violence is as American as cherry pie."
H. Rap Brown
H
"History is a weapon in the hands of those who write it."
H. Rap Brown
H
"History is written by survivors and resisters."
H. Rap Brown
J
"History will judge not our comfort but our choices."
James Meredith
J
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
John Lewis
J
"Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten."
John Lewis
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"History will remember not those who stayed silent, but those who spoke out for justice."
Medgar Evers
M
"The voice of the oppressed will echo through history until justice is achieved."
Medgar Evers
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"Identity is important because it connects you to your past and your future."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"We must reclaim our history and our narrative."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"History will judge us by our commitment to freedom and justice."
Stokely Carmichael
"The Panthers did not emerge from a vacuum. We came as a response to oppression."
Black Panther Party
"Oppression breeds resistance, and resistance breeds revolution."
Black Panther Party
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"History is a weapon and we must use it"
H. Rap Brown
H
"We inherit both debt and responsibility from history"
H. Rap Brown
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"History is not something that happens to you; it is something you make."
Assata Shakur
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"History belongs to those who tell it."
Assata Shakur
M
"History will judge us not by our comfort, but by our commitment to justice."
Medgar Evers
S
"History is not something you read about. It's something you participate in."
Stokely Carmichael
H
"A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots"
H. Rap Brown
"History shows us that progress comes through persistent struggle and organization."
Black Panther Party
A
"History teaches us that oppression never lasts forever."
Assata Shakur
J
"I learned that history is written by those willing to fight for it."
James Meredith
J
"I have always maintained that history remembers those who dared to act."
James Meredith
M
"History will judge us not by our comfort, but by our courage."
Medgar Evers
J
"The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance."
John Lewis
J
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
John Lewis
J
"The arc of history does not automatically bend toward justice; it bends toward justice because people bend it."
John Lewis
J
"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution, they were signing a promissory note."
John Lewis