History Quotes

"The struggle for equality is never finished; it must be renewed by each generation."

"The struggle for freedom is eternal; it requires the courage of each generation."

"We are writing history with our courage; let us write it well."

"History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of people."

"Culture is the memory of a people."

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other alternatives."

"We cannot escape history; we must learn from it and apply its lessons to our present and future."

"I believe that history will judge us by our actions today."

"Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research."

"History teaches us that those who do not learn from it are condemned to repeat it."

"History will judge not those who demanded too much, but those who did too little."

"History judges us not by our intentions but by our actions."

"A society that forgets its history is condemned to repeat it."

"To forget the past is to be doomed to repeat it endlessly."

"History is the judge of all nations and all leaders."

"Woman has been a slave to man ever since we have any authentic history of mankind."

"The slave went free; stood a moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery."

"The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the Shadowy and of Egypt the Sphinx."

"The slave trade was an organized wholesale robbery of labor."

"The Negro race is no exception to the rule that all races have suffered injustice."

"The significance of our work will only be understood by future generations."

"History will vindicate those who fought for justice without hatred."

"We are rewriting history with every act of resistance."

"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new."

"The soil of a nation is enriched by the sacrifices of its people."

"The weight of history should inspire us, not paralyze us."

"We must respect our traditions while embracing the future"

"We must learn from the past to build the future"

"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."

"History is our greatest teacher."