History Quotes

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History is dependent on the new generation to write a new chapter.

History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.

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.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

I am responsible only to God and history.

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.

It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.

History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'

To understand a science, it is necessary to know its history.

It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.