History

The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or un-indebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

There is no one “history.” Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past.

There is no shame in accepting the mistakes of one�s country; the shame lies in concealing the mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in.

A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the �truth.�

The struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

There is no shame in accepting one�s mistakes; the shame is in concealing one�s mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in.

The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or un-indebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

Study the past if you divine the future.

There is no one history. Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.

It is a sad world that exists only in the present, unaware of the long procession that brought us here.

History is often overly informed by memory rather than by assessing the facts, telling the story, and rendering a judgment.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see.

Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened.

What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader, 1769-1821Pedestal: A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. (Gloria Steinem, U.S. feminist, social and political activist, Born 1934Offensiveness: Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. (Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1596-1650Self-actualization: if one is to be ultimately at peace with himself . . . what he can be, he must be.

History is a novel whose author is the people.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

History is written by the victors.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

There is no shame in accepting one’s mistakes; the shame is in concealing one’s mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in.

History is written by the victors.

Study the past if you divine the future.

The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or un-indebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the ‘truth.’

History is often overly informed by memory rather than by assessing the facts, telling the story, and rendering a judgment.

Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see.

There is no one history. Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past.

History doesn’t always repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

What is history but a fable that is agreed upon?

History is a novel whose author is the people.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.

Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up.