--- title: "4 Christopher Hill Quotes" description: "Christopher Robert Hill is an American diplomat who had served as United States Ambassador to Serbia. Previously, he was George W. Ball Adjunct Professo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/christopher-hill-67092_history_history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-gen_461831.jpg" --- # Christopher Hill **4** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Christopher Robert Hill is an American diplomat who had served as United States Ambassador to Serbia. Previously, he was George W. Ball Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York, the Chief Advisor to the Chancellor for Global Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Diploma ## Quotes by Christopher Hill > [“History has to be rewritten in every generation, because although the past does not change, the present does; each generation asks new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-generation-because-although-the/) Christopher Hill [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/christopher-hill-67092_history_history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-gen_461831.jpg) > [“Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the societies that give rise to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-only-because-they-influence/) Christopher Hill [Historians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historians/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/christopher-hill-67092_historians_historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-o_632370.jpg) > [“The radicals assumed that acting was more important than speaking. Talking and writing books, Winstanley insisted, is 'all nothing and must die;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/the-radicals-assumed-that-acting-was-more-important-than-speaking/) Christopher Hill [Revolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/revolution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/christopher-hill-67092_revolution_the-radicals-assumed-that-acting-was-mor_797897.jpg) > [“Each generation ... rescues a new area from what its predecessors arrogantly and snobbishly dismissed as 'the lunatic fringe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/each-generation-rescues-a-new-area-from-what-its-predecessors/) Christopher Hill [Generation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/christopher-hill-67092_history_each-generation-rescues-a-new-area-from_1840159.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hill/#itemlist", "name": "Christopher Hill Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“History has to be rewritten in every generation, because although the past does not change, the present does; each generation asks new questions of the past and finds new areas of sympathy as it re-lives different aspects of the experiences of its predecessors.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-generation-because-although-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/christopher-hill-67092_history_history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-gen_461831.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/christopher-hill-67092_history_history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-gen_461831.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/christopher-hill-67092_history_history-has-to-be-rewritten-in-every-gen_461831.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“History has to be rewritten in every generation, because although the past does not change, the present…” — Christopher Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the societies that give rise to them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hill/historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-only-because-they-influence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/christopher-hill-67092_historians_historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-o_632370.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/christopher-hill-67092_historians_historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-o_632370.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/christopher-hill-67092_historians_historians-are-interested-in-ideas-not-o_632370.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the…” — Christopher Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The radicals assumed that acting was more important than speaking. 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