Top 465 History Quotes

Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different .

Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different .

Gordon Gould

We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.

Chiang Kai-shek

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Samuel Butler

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

Ville Valo

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.

Victor Hugo

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.

Francis Parker Yockey

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

Ludwig von Mises

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.

Giacomo Casanova

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Livy

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