History quotes

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.

Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.