Quotes by History History is not history unless it is the truth. Abraham Lincoln history I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag. Abraham Lincoln flags stars history The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. Abraham Lincoln struggle today history We cannot escape history. Abraham Lincoln history It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness. Abraham Lincoln war history blood A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history. Abram Joseph Ryan land memories history Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind. Ada Louise Huxtable cutting history art Every generation tailors history to its taste. Ada Louise Huxtable tailors generations history What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present. Adam Garfinkle curious history past Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death. Adolf Hitler political history people The goal of female education must invariably be the future mother. Adolf Hitler goal mother history It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence of the nation, that the position of the individual is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole. Adolf Hitler nazism ego history We study history in order to intervene in the course of history. Adolf von Harnack study order history war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures, poison plants, animals and insects, deleterious environments, virulent pathogens, infectious agents, noxious gases, and combustible chemicals were marshalled to defeat foes - and panoply is an apt term here, because it is the ancient Greek word for 'all weapons. Adrienne Mayor animal war history We have seen over and over that white male historians in general have tended to dismiss any history they didn't themselves write,on the grounds that it is unserious, unscholarly, a fad, too "political," "merely" oral and thus unreliable. Adrienne Rich white writing history False history gets made all day, any day, Adrienne Rich clay watches history Art is far feebler than necessity. Aeschylus philosophy history art The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation. Agatha Christie generations writing history Anyone, however, who has had dealings with dates knows that they are worse than elusive, they are perverse. Events do not happen at the right time, nor in their proper sequence. That sense of harmony with place and season which is so strong in the historian--if he be a readable historian--is lamentably lacking in history, which takes no pains to verify his most convincing statements. Agnes Repplier pain strong history If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes. Agnes Repplier fluid ifs history «1234567891011»