Black history Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

“History isn’t just something that ought to be taught, read, or encouraged only because it will make us better citizens. It will make us…

— David McCullough

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records,…

— George F. Kennan

History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.

— Henry Clausen

“Submitting to history allows us to remember our society’s past. Although writing and art express history, it's our humanity which keeps all of us…

— K.P. Kollenborn

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that…

— Mark Foley

History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.

— Paul Valery

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

The reason for teaching history is not that it changes society, but that it changes pupils; it changes what they see in the world,…

— Peter Lee

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

— Voltaire

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

— John Smith

The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells…

— Michael Crichton