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Hermann Goring | History Quotes
We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is.
Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.




Viktor Yushchenko
The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
Charles de Montesquieu
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
Marcus Aurelius | History Quotes
All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.
William Pfaff
The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.
Plutarch
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
Edward Said
The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.
Isaac Asimov
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
Thomas Jefferson | History Quotes
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!




Nayef Al-Rodan
The history of human civilisation is a history of mutual borrowings.
Robert A. Heinlein
Does history record any case in which the majority was right?
Robert Heilbroner
History, as it comes into our daily lives, is charged with surprise and shock.
Margaret Mead
Throughout history, females have picked providers for mates. Males pick anything.
Camille Paglia | History Quotes
The spiritual history of the Sixties has yet to be written.
Alexander Ovechkin
I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.
Robert Kocharyan
The Genocide is not a matter for historians.
Catherine of Aragon
Nature wronged her in making her a woman. But for her sex she could have surpassed all the heros of history.
Gustavo Gutierrez
The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.


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