Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Mahatma Gandhi on history
The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history. Dalai Lama on history
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. Thomas Jefferson on history
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. Winston Churchill on history
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture. Dalai Lama on history
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Thomas Jefferson on history
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on history
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. Eleanor Roosevelt on history
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. Karl Marx on history
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. George Washington on history
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. John F. Kennedy on history
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw on history
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx on history
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. C. S. Lewis on history
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point. Mahatma Gandhi on history
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. Robert Fulghum on history
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Ronald Reagan on history
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last. John F. Kennedy on history
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. Michelle Obama on history