History Quotes

"History moves on the backs of the few who understand the times."

"History is the progress of consciousness toward freedom."

"The tendency has always been strong in the English people to regard their place of abode as a castle, and most as a kingdom."

"The superstition of the nineteenth century is that of political economy; it reigns despotically over the minds of men."

"History is the record of human attempts to achieve rational order."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, peoples, ages, it is the rule."

"Each generation becomes enslaved to the concepts of its predecessors."

"To be ignorant of what happened before we were born is to remain always a child."

"History teaches us that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it."

"History repeats itself because we fail to learn."

"History warns those who will listen."

"History is the record of the development of human freedom."

"History is the record of humanity's struggle for self-determination."

"History teaches us that human nature does not change."

"Generally speaking, the errors and inaccuracies of old historians are discovered by the rarity and unusualness of the facts they relate."

"There is nothing so inconsistent with our conduct and principles as the practice of history."

"Tradition is often the guardian of truth."

"We are what we are because of what we were."

"History teaches us what we must do to avoid repeating the errors of the past."

"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."

"History teaches those willing to learn; it condemns those who ignore it."

"History teaches us what we are capable of becoming."

"History is philosophy teaching by example."

"History is a collection of errors repeated again and again."

"The world in every era looks like a battlefield strewn with the debris of belief systems."

"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."

"Revolutions happen not upon every little mismanagement in public affairs."

"History teaches lessons to those willing to learn them."

"History is the teacher of those who refuse to be taught by experience."

"The understanding of history guides us in avoiding the mistakes of the past."