The main thing is to make history, not to write it. Otto von Bismarck on history
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. Erica Jong on history
I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way. George W. Bush on history
The majority see the obstacles the few see the objectives history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. Alfred A. Montapert on history
Sometimes - history needs a push. Vladimir Lenin on history
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! William Makepeace Thackeray on history
Human history in essence is the history of ideas. H. G. Wells on history
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. Lord Acton on history
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. David Brinkley on history
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. Richard M. Nixon on history
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. Benito Mussolini on history
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. Doug Coupland on history
It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation. Camille Paglia on history
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. Oliver Wendell Holmes on history
In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. Desmond Tutu on history
All history is incomprehensible without Christ. Ernest Renan on history
If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history. Bo Bennett on history
Value people on their potential, not on their history. Bo Bennett on history
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. W. H. Auden on history
The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally. Carroll Quigley on history