A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

To be an American is not...a matter of blood; it is a matter of an idea--and history is the image of that idea.

— Robert Penn Warren

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.

— Elizabeth Janeway

History teaches me that the dollar rules and whoever writes history writes it however they want.

— Danielle Colby

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

— Jose Rizal

“History is written by every generation. Every generation writes its own history using the same sources. The interpretations vary according to time.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“It makes a difference whether Moses or Jeroboam writes the history curriculum.”

— Douglas Wilson

“The poet writes the history of his own body.”

— Henry David Thoreau

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the…

— Miriam Makeba

The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly…

— Frantz Fanon

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify…

— Dan Brown

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that…

— Samuel Johnson

See how God writes history. No technical knowledge is required; only a calm day and a calm mind.

— John Muir

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the…

— Frederick Jackson Turner

“history is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify…

— Dan Brown

We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building.

— Marcus Garvey