Quotes by Historian Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write. Alexander Downer historian goodness writing God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past. Ambrose Bierce historian history past I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. Antony Beevor historian doe way The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that. Antony Beevor historian duty understanding The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian. B. H. Liddell Hart historian mark sake If the historian will be faithful to the photograph, the photograph will be faithful to history. Beaumont Newhall historian faithful photography It has been important to me, as an historian of photography, to understand photography by photographing. Beaumont Newhall historian important photography Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed. Benjamin Franklin historian done history You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian. Bill Eppridge photojournalists historian A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation. C. V. Wedgwood historian doe history There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. Chinua Achebe historian hunters lions David Irving is not just a Fascist historian. He is also a great historian of Fascism. Christopher Hitchens historian fascists fascism That is what we have in revisionist historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own image. D. James Kennedy historian atheism education I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian. David Burnett recorders historian visuals History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity. David Drake historian worthy decision What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we have had of mankind? David Hume veracity historian mankind I can see that you [Bruce Cole] are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a different place or a different time: What's the same and what's different? Donald Kagan historian ought different The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. E. L. Doctorow ragtime historian novelists Study the historian before you begin to study the facts. Edward Hallett Carr historian study facts Good historians, I suspect, whether they think about it or not, have the future in their bones. Besides the question: Why? the historian also asks the question: Whither? Edward Hallett Carr historian bones thinking 12345»