--- title: "12 History textbooks Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 History textbooks quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best History textbooks sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/noah-wyle-18485_buff_i-m-a-huge-history-buff-it-was-no-hardsh_2553144.png" --- > [I'm a huge history buff. It was no hardship to read history textbooks for homework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-wyle/i-m-a-huge-history-buff-it-was-no-hardship-to-read-history-textbooks/) [Noah Wyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-wyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/noah-wyle-18485_buff_i-m-a-huge-history-buff-it-was-no-hardsh_2553144.png) > [“history textbooks need to disabuse students of the flat-earth myth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-loewen/history-textbooks-need-to-disabuse-students-of-the-flat-earth-myth/) [James W. Loewen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-loewen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/james-w-loewen-12569_history_history-textbooks-need-to-disabuse-stude_1757088.png) > [The religious foundations of America have been completely expurgated from our history textbooks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-james-kennedy/the-religious-foundations-of-america-have-been-completely-expurgated/) [D. James Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-james-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/d-james-kennedy-20150_america_the-religious-foundations-of-america-hav_683247.jpg) > [“Students exit history textbooks without having developed the ability to think coherently about social life. Even”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-loewen/students-exit-history-textbooks-without-having-developed-the-ability/) [James W. Loewen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-loewen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/james-w-loewen-12569_education_students-exit-history-textbooks-without_695414.png) > [I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-watson/i-didn-t-see-many-female-politicians-on-tv-i-didn-t-see-women-in/) [Emma Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/emma-watson-1023_affected_i-didn-t-see-many-female-politicians-on_2264460.jpg) > [Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-watt/early-american-speeches-from-washington-s-to-patrick-henry-s-have/) [James G. Watt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-watt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/james-g-watt-51763_censorship_early-american-speeches-from-washington_1103828.png) > [I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-farber/i-grew-up-on-a-farm-with-only-two-tv-channels-i-didn-t-grow-up-around/) [Neil Farber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-farber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/neil-farber-35196_art_i-grew-up-on-a-farm-with-only-two-tv-cha_827561.jpg) > [Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-barton/washington-s-address-is-virtually-unknown-today-and-has-not-been-seen/) [David Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-barton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/david-barton-18163_addresses_washington-s-address-is-virtually-unknow_2155224.jpg) > [It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-a-shame-for-women-s-history-to-be-all-about-men-first-boys-then/) [Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/elizabeth-kostova-6991_book_it-s-a-shame-for-women-s-history-to-be-a_623024.png) > [“It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-a-shame-for-a-woman-s-history-to-be-all-about-men-first-boys/) [Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/elizabeth-kostova-6991_feminism_it-s-a-shame-for-a-woman-s-history-to-be_1146071.jpg) > [When I went to high school - that's about as far as I got - reading my U.S. history textbook, well, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/when-i-went-to-high-school-that-s-about-as-far-as-i-got-reading-my-u/) [Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/utah-phillips-15584_caught_when-i-went-to-high-school-that-s-about_3016417.jpg) > [“One of the most commonly used American history textbooks is The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century. A thousand-page volume, published by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rothstein/one-of-the-most-commonly-used-american-history-textbooks-is-the/) [Richard Rothstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rothstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/richard-rothstein-32477_african-american_one-of-the-most-commonly-used-american-h_3206677.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history-textbooks/#itemlist", "name": "History textbooks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a huge history buff. 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