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Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed.

— Benjamin Franklin

No historian should be trusted implicitly.

— George Kitson Clark

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of…

— Oscar Wilde

“What history can do is show that people have to take responsibility for what they activate out of their tradition. It’s not just a…

— Karen L. King

History is not written in the interests of morality.

— Agnes Repplier

We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.

— Erik Erikson

There is no history, only histories.

— Karl Popper

The past in the hands of historians is not what it was.

— Lynn Townsend White, Jr

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.

— Jeremy Rifkin

Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to…

— G. M. Trevelyan

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

— Stendhal