--- title: "23 History America Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 23 History America quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best History America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rhiannon-giddens-6220_actual_to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to_2669407.jpg" --- > [To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to-recover-the-actual-history-of/) [Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rhiannon-giddens-6220_actual_to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to_2669407.jpg) > [I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corseted-history-of-america-is-not/) [Felicia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felicia-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/felicia-day-4103_america_i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corset_3036240.png) > [Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-palin/well-let-s-see-there-s-of-course-in-the-great-history-of-america/) [Sarah Palin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-palin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/sarah-palin-1441_america_well-let-s-see-there-s-of-course-in-the_303201.png) > [Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/europe-will-never-be-like-america-europe-is-a-product-of-history/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/margaret-thatcher-463_america_europe-will-never-be-like-america-europe_410854.jpg) > [Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/europe-was-created-by-history-america-was-created-by-philosophy/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/margaret-thatcher-463_america_europe-was-created-by-history-america-wa_2051639.jpg) > [Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-cephas-jones/jazz-and-the-history-of-jazz-is-the-history-of-america/) [Ron Cephas Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-cephas-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/ron-cephas-jones-22237_america_jazz-and-the-history-of-jazz-is-the-hist_2061791.jpg) > [The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/the-marshall-plan-will-go-down-in-history-as-one-of-america-s/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/harry-s-truman-898_america_the-marshall-plan-will-go-down-in-histor_874426.jpg) > [Pleas for white acceptance of black humanity have a long and terrible history in America, stretching back to the first slave narratives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-chatterton-williams/pleas-for-white-acceptance-of-black-humanity-have-a-long-and-terrible/) [Thomas Chatterton Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-chatterton-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/thomas-chatterton-williams-673_acceptance_pleas-for-white-acceptance-of-black-huma_2289355.jpg) > [The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcgreevey/the-history-of-america-is-to-expand-civil-liberties-in-a-responsible/) [James McGreevey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcgreevey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/james-mcgreevey-15663_america_the-history-of-america-is-to-expand-civi_230591.jpg) > [By the way, Howard Zinn's History of America is front and center at the gift shop of the New York Historical Society.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/by-the-way-howard-zinn-s-history-of-america-is-front-and-center-at/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/rush-limbaugh-28_america_by-the-way-howard-zinn-s-history-of-amer_182725.jpg) > [This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-bunch/this-is-not-a-museum-of-tragedy-it-is-not-the-museum-of-difficult/) [Lonnie Bunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-bunch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/lonnie-bunch-75386_cry_this-is-not-a-museum-of-tragedy-it-is-no_814242.jpg) > [ John Silber said the single longest reference he could find to Abraham Lincoln \[in Howard Zinn's History of America \] was two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/john-silber-said-the-single-longest-reference-he-could-find-to/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/rush-limbaugh-28_abraham_john-silber-said-the-single-longest-refe_2307581.jpg) > [History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-chad/history-of-america-part-i-1776-1966-declaration-of-independence/) [Norman Chad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-chad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/norman-chad-58049_america_history-of-america-part-i-1776-1966-decl_848630.jpg) > [They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldis-hodge/they-don-t-really-focus-on-that-history-here-in-america-i-remember/) [Aldis Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldis-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/aldis-hodge-8186_america_they-don-t-really-focus-on-that-history_17054.jpg) > [Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-williams-jr/very-much-like-african-americans-the-history-of-america-is-taking/) [Robert A. Williams, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-williams-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/robert-a-williams-jr-26038_african-americans_very-much-like-african-americans-the-his_124225.jpg) > [Throughout the history of America, we have been a nation driven by the idea of the frontier - a place where law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-domenech/throughout-the-history-of-america-we-have-been-a-nation-driven-by-the/) [Ben Domenech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-domenech/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/ben-domenech-4128_ambition_throughout-the-history-of-america-we-hav_3006281.jpg) > [There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldis-hodge/there-s-a-really-great-documentary-called-many-rivers-which-documents/) [Aldis Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldis-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/aldis-hodge-8186_america_there-s-a-really-great-documentary-calle_1700103.jpg) > [I walk out into a nature such as the old prophets and poets Menu, Moses, Homer, Chaucer, walked in. You may name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-walk-out-into-a-nature-such-as-the-old-prophets-and-poets-menu/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/henry-david-thoreau-20_accounts_i-walk-out-into-a-nature-such-as-the-old_36274.jpg) > [The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/the-past-was-a-consumable-subject-to-the-national-preference-for/) [Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/tony-horwitz-23752_america_the-past-was-a-consumable-subject-to-the_2122563.jpg) > [Our history is our own; it's not America's. Too often, those who campaign against racial inequality import wholesale a narrative and assumptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemi-badenoch/our-history-is-our-own-it-s-not-america-s-too-often-those-who/) [Kemi Badenoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemi-badenoch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/kemi-badenoch-7071_america_our-history-is-our-own-it-s-not-america_2721304.jpg) > [I love and revere the rich and proud history of America. And I am determined to take our best traditions into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-love-and-revere-the-rich-and-proud-history-of-america-and-i-am/) [William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/william-j-clinton-302_america_i-love-and-revere-the-rich-and-proud-his_731050.jpg) > [But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/but-the-whole-history-of-america-is-quite-different-from-europe/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/margaret-thatcher-463_america_but-the-whole-history-of-america-is-quit_1679386.jpg) > [“Our history, America’s history, has been so heavily edited. In history classes, we don’t really go into full discussions about the past.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-gray/our-history-america-s-history-has-been-so-heavily-edited-in-history/) [Janelle Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/janelle-gray-48823_civil-rights_our-history-america-s-history-has-been-s_2040672.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history-america/#itemlist", "name": "History America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rhiannon Giddens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to-recover-the-actual-history-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rhiannon-giddens-6220_actual_to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to_2669407.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rhiannon-giddens-6220_actual_to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to_2669407.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rhiannon-giddens-6220_actual_to-learn-the-history-of-the-banjo-is-to_2669407.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America.” — Rhiannon Giddens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Felicia Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corseted-history-of-america-is-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/felicia-day-4103_america_i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corset_3036240.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/felicia-day-4103_america_i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corset_3036240.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/felicia-day-4103_america_i-m-resigned-to-the-fact-that-the-corset_3036240.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.” — Felicia Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, let's see. 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