The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.