History quotes

History is written by the victors.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.

We learned the value of research in World War II.

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.