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title: "16 Understanding History Quotes by 16 authors"
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> [“At her tender age she was incapable of understanding such a history,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-feehan/at-her-tender-age-she-was-incapable-of-understanding-such-a-history/)

[Christine Feehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-feehan/)

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> [Understanding history means knowing what motivates you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-pierce/understanding-history-means-knowing-what-motivates-you/)

[Paul Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-pierce/)

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> [Our understanding of history goes awry when we only tell one part of the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-jackson/our-understanding-of-history-goes-awry-when-we-only-tell-one-part-of/)

[Christopher Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-jackson/)

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> [Without understanding your history, you can't get a perspective about the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/without-understanding-your-history-you-can-t-get-a-perspective-about/)

[Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/)

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> [“Historiography therefore becomes a prelude to understanding history as a form of knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/historiography-therefore-becomes-a-prelude-to-understanding-history/)

[Romila Thapar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romila-thapar/)

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> [Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ultimately-a-real-understanding-of-history-means-that-we-face-nothing/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-d/when-you-travel-the-world-you-have-to-watch-and-you-have-to-listen-we/)

[Chuck D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-d/)

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> [Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-beevor/without-an-understanding-of-history-we-are-politically-culturally-and/)

[Antony Beevor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-beevor/)

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> [Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/believe-me-as-one-who-has-seen-a-number-of-international-crises/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

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> [Germans have an understanding of history and cannot allow themselves to forget it. It may be a curse, but in some ways,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/germans-have-an-understanding-of-history-and-cannot-allow-themselves/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

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> [“Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-tonkin/without-a-good-understanding-of-history-how-can-we-make-informed-and/)

[Keith Tonkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-tonkin/)

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> [Can one understand politics without understanding history, especially the history of political thought, and will this distinguish political philosophy from some other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-geuss/can-one-understand-politics-without-understanding-history-especially/)

[Raymond Geuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-geuss/)

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> [History is contemporary. Your understanding of history confirms what you think of the present. It's not neutral. I would be very surprised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-loach/history-is-contemporary-your-understanding-of-history-confirms-what/)

[Ken Loach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-loach/)

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> [However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ernest-hocking/however-rich-we-may-become-in-knowledge-of-the-deeper-causes-of/)

[William Ernest Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ernest-hocking/)

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> [My goal was to have as many of the primary sources as I could made available for people to look at and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/my-goal-was-to-have-as-many-of-the-primary-sources-as-i-could-made/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [“An important book for understanding the history of our economic boom & bust cycles. It's an eye-opening account of how we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-hartmann/an-important-book-for-understanding-the-history-of-our-economic-boom/)

[Thom Hartmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-hartmann/)

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