Quotes about History
Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.
— Max Born
History is a story written by the finger of God.
— CS Lewis
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
— Winston Churchill
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
— Pope John Paul II
In every genre of biblical literature and every stage of biblical history, God is seen pouring out his grace on his people for the sake of his glory among all peoples.
— David Platt
History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.
— Cicero
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.
— Nelson Mandela
This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.
— St. Augustine
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
— Nelson Mandela
The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.
— Ronald Reagan
Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.
— Peter Kreeft