The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. – Tom Hayden
In the history of America, weve never had an energy plan. We dont even realize the resources we have available to us. – T. Boone Pickens
Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. – African Proverb
We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. – George Ade
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon
James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin
History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other. – Arthur Balfour
Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that – Julian Barnes
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars. – Charles Austin Beard
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm
What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again… Ecclesiastes 1:9 – Bible
An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce
Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. – Napoleon Bonaparte
People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke
The Thames is liquid history. – John Burns
God cannot alter the past, but historians can. – Samuel Butler
History is the devils scripture. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
