Quotes about History
Dear love, for nothing less than thee Would I have broke this happy dream; It was a theme For reason, much too strong for fantasy, Therefore thou wak'd'st me wisely; yet My dream thou brok'st not, but continued'st it. Thou art so true that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths, and fables histories; Enter these arms, for since thou thought'st it best, Not to dream all my dream, let's act the rest.
— John Donne
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
— Franklin Pierce
History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but as a blessing from our Creator.
— Ronald Reagan
Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
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.
— Woodrow Wilson
The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
— Jimmy Carter
We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
— Ellen White
The Gospel is 'Good News', not 'Good History', because when it's preached, it happens.
— Reinhard Bonnke
You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
— Thomas Jefferson
Look, don't judge Christianity by the imperfect examples that we have seen in history. Judge it by Jesus Christ.
— Chuck Smith
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.