Accurate Quote by Annie Besant

It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a…

— John Quincy Adams

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;

— Nellie L. McClung

“Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future then can…

— Keith Tonkin

“A thorough knowledge of the past could lead a profound scholar to predict the future course of history with great accuracy, provided that it…

— Aubrey Menen

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world

— Ludwig von Mises

To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and…

— Pearl S. Buck

“History is important because it teaches us about the past. And bylearning about the past, you come to understand the present, so that you…

— Richelle Mead

It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of…

— Henry A. Kissinger

“History is important because it teaches us about the past. And bylearning about the past, you come to understand the present, so that you…

— Richelle Mead

“History, by apprising [the people] of the past, will enable them to judge of the future.”

— Thomas Jefferson

We need a proper understanding of the past to correctly judge the present if we ever are to foretell the future.

— Craig D. Idso

It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of memory becomes…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr