The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. Peter L. Berger changeexplainflexible Change image and share on social
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative. Gail Collins carrychoosefeel share on social
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. Ted Koppel historyintentionjustify Change image and share on social
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. Konrad Adenauer avoidhistorysum Change image and share on social
History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution. Gary Ross anarchybeginclamp Change image and share on social
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war. B. H. Liddell Hart attestdecidehelplessness Change image and share on social
History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it. Lin-Manuel Miranda determinehistorysubjective Change image and share on social
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. E. L. Doctorow anewendgeneration Change image and share on social
History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all. Fernand Braudel appeardividehistory Change image and share on social
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. Golda Meir artconventionaldeal Change image and share on social
