History Quotes

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

I was France.

History is a vast early warning system.

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.