History Quotes

By the same right under which France took Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace, and will sooner or later take Belgium — by that same right Germany takes over Schleswig; it is the right of civilisation as against barbarism, of progress as against stability.

That’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.

History is the memory of States.

Most people’s historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

We know that we are close to making history.

A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.

Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.

That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.