Top 465 History Quotes

I base my roots and history in old blues, old country and old bluegrass, and I like rock 'n' roll, and somehow it all came together, and that is what I am playing now.

I base my roots and history in old blues, old country and old bluegrass, and I like rock 'n' roll, and somehow it all came together, and that is what I am playing now.

Tyler Hilton

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.

Henry Ward Beecher

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

G. M. Trevelyan

History passes the final judgment.

History passes the final judgment.

Sidney Poitier

There's a lot of tension in London, but then you realize it's always been there, in its history, and that the best thing about London, that there's always been this tension.

There's a lot of tension in London, but then you realize it's always been there, in its history, and that the best thing about London, that there's always been this tension.

King Krule

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.

Richard Hofstadter

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.

Banksy

My process for determining which eras I'd write about was to just read history books that gave a really broad overview of Chinese history. And when I came across a historical figure or a historical incident that was especially interesting to me, ideas for characters and stories would surface.

Susan Barker

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

Martin McGuinness

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