History Quotes

"History will judge my reign."

"I have sought to honor the memory of my ancestors."

"The past teaches lessons for the future."

"Let them talk; history will judge me fairly."

"History teaches us great lessons."

"The true glory of a nation lies not in the extent of its territory but in the extent of its culture."

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"To understand the man, you must understand the times."

"After I am dead, the crash will come."

"If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some silly thing in the Balkans."

"The only tradition of German statecraft is success."

"History will judge whether my actions were right or wrong."

"History is written by those who understand power."

"Nations touch at their summits."

"Nations are not ruined by one mortal thing, they are ruined by a succession of them."

"It has been the privilege of former ages to behold the giants of the earth; it is the privilege of the present age to listen to pygmies."

"Custom is the great guide of human life."

"Wars, persecutions, and famines are the main topics of history."

"History judges the intentions of kings, not their words."

"The pattern of history often repeats for those who ignore it."

"The wheel of history turns slowly, but it turns."

"History records the names of those who dared to change the world."

"History judges those who stood for justice, not those who stayed silent."

"We cannot build the future by ignoring the past."

"The history of progress is written in blood and tears."

"One must honor the past while building for the future."

"To understand history is to understand the mistakes we are destined to repeat."

"A nation that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it."

"The revolution devours its own children."

"History is the witness of the times."