The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way -… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. — Etienne Gilson Copy Share Image
Accepting the view that man was prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the man,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A little bit of Hemingway goes a long… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The paleontological evidence before us today clearly demonstrates ordered progressive change with the successive development of new faunal and floral assemblages through… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
'Diversity' is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don't BELIEVE in it. It's not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
So in Jewry we recognise a contemporary universal anti-social phenomenon, which has reached its present pitch through a process of, historical development… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
What about snipers?" I once asked someone. He said, "Oh, most of the snipers have automatic weapon. They arent very accurate. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Utopian fiction is really boring. I had to read a lot of it, and it's not that much fun. But they're fascinating… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
