History Quotes

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

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"Our generation has altered the course of history with our protest."
John Lewis
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"History is a set of lies agreed upon by those in power."
H. Rap Brown
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"Understanding our past is essential to building our future."
H. Rap Brown
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"History is not simply a record of the past."
Angela Y. Davis
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"We have to use history as a tool for liberation."
Angela Y. Davis
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"The past refuses to go away quietly."
Angela Y. Davis
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"We must learn from history's lessons."
Angela Y. Davis
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"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good."
Stokely Carmichael
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"We must reclaim our history and our humanity from those who would deny it."
Stokely Carmichael
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"A people without knowledge of their past is a people without a future."
Stokely Carmichael
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"History will judge our actions."
Assata Shakur
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"We write our own history."
Assata Shakur
"We stand at the crossroads of history making choices."
Black Panther Party
"History will remember those who stood up for justice."
Black Panther Party
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"The problem with history is that we refuse to learn from it."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"To forget history is to repeat its mistakes."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"History is written by those who refuse to accept injustice."
Assata Shakur
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"History has shown us that people who have power don't give it up without resistance."
Stokely Carmichael
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"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."
Stokely Carmichael
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"History does not belong to the victors alone; it must be reclaimed by those whose stories were silenced."
Angela Y. Davis
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"Memory is a form of resistance and a tool for liberation."
Angela Y. Davis
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"To remember is to resist."
Andrea Dworkin
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"History is the story of the oppressed."
Andrea Dworkin
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"The past teaches us about the future."
Andrea Dworkin
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"History repeats for those who do not learn."
Andrea Dworkin
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"History is our teacher."
Andrea Dworkin
"History is written by those who refuse to accept injustice."
Black Panther Party
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"History is written by the victors, but truth belongs to the people."
Shulamith Firestone
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"History shows us patterns; it does not determine our future."
Shulamith Firestone
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"We inherit both oppression and the possibility of liberation."
Shulamith Firestone