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 teaches us that human nature remains fundamentally constant across all ages and nations."
David Hume
T
"History will judge us not by our words, but by our deeds."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
A
"The study of history teaches us that the passions of men have always been the same."
Adam Smith
T
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"Violence is the midwife of history."
Thomas Hobbes
J
"History will judge us by our intentions."
José de San Martín
B
"La historia juzga a los hombres por sus actos, no por sus palabras."
Benito Juárez
B
"Un pueblo sin historia es un pueblo sin futuro."
Benito Juárez
D
"History is a science that raises the character of a man."
David Hume
T
"A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"History will judge us not by what we conquered, but by what we liberated."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
J
"La historia es maestra de la vida."
José de San Martín
J
"La historia juzgará nuestras acciones presentes."
José de San Martín
T
"To understand the present, we must understand the past."
Thomas Hobbes
B
"History is the record of human passions and the consequences of ignorance."
Baruch Spinoza
A
"In the midst of the misery and ruin which covered all Asia, the empire of the Caliphs was still great and formidable."
Adam Smith
A
"History records that wherever there has been a monopoly, there has also been corruption and disorder."
Adam Smith
D
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
David Hume
P
"History is written by the victors, but lived by everyone."
Peter Kropotkin
P
"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Peter Kropotkin
J
"History judges not the victor, but the one who acts with integrity."
José de San Martín
J
"History will vindicate those who fight for justice, regardless of their era."
José de San Martín
S
"I am Colombian by birth and an officer of the Spanish army by profession."
Simón Bolívar
S
"Fortunately or unfortunately, the history of the world shows that we have always had examples of tyrants."
Simón Bolívar
S
"I have seen empires rise and fall like the tide."
Simón Bolívar
B
"The past teaches us, but it should not imprison us."
Benito Juárez
B
"The pages of history are written by those who dare to act."
Benito Juárez
T
"History will judge not by our words, but by the lives we improve and the chains we break."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"A nation that forgets the price of freedom is destined to pay it again."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"Those who understand history are less likely to repeat its darkest chapters."
Toussaint L'Ouverture