The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do. David Herbert Lawrence
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. Simone Weil
I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today. Steven Spielberg
The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. Richard M. Nixon
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. Mason Cooley
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. Robert Hall
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Walter Scott
Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out. Richard M. Nixon
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it. George W. Bush
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness. Vladimir Lenin
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. Hermann Hesse
Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry. Ted Nugent
In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. James Hillman
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. Eddie Izzard
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. Mao Zedong
The main thing is to make history, not to write it. Otto von Bismarck
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. Erica Jong
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
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