Duty Quote by Antony Beevor

The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves.

— Herbert Butterfield

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping…

— Steven Runciman

Being a historian, if only for the day, teaches you useful things like judgment, and the ability to detect when someone is lying to…

— Lucy Worsley

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know…

— John Keegan

“History belongs to the past, but understanding it is the duty of the present”

— Shashi Tharoor

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

— James Anthony Froude

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

— James Anthony Froude

History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light.

— William L. Shirer

“It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast between the standards of the past and the standards of the present. Some…

— Norman Davies

The function off the historian is neither to love the past nor to emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it…

— Edward Hallett Carr

“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“my desire to ascribe responsibility might be more a reflection of my own cast of mind than a fair analysis of what happened, like…

— Julian Barnes