History Quote by Barry Unsworth

“This was the story of our lives: minor insurrections, tiny victories, a brief chance to ridicule our oppressors, little floating vessels of hope amid…

— Jojo Moyes

“Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that turned away from a reality that seemed…

— Melanie Joy

“Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.”

— Samuel Butler

“Man rejection of the Truth is the root of his rebellion.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Ideology brings about a disastrous fusion: that of violence and righteousness — a savagery without stain.”

— Martin Amis

“And yet, by ingenious contrivance, this gilded minority, instead of being in the tail of the procession where it belonged, was marching head up…

— Mark Twain

“For history as far as I can see is not the arrangement of what happens, in sequence and in truth, but a fabulous arrangement…

— Sebastian Barry

“If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society…

— Daniel Myerson

“How could you tell how much of it was lies? It might be true that the average human being was better off now than…

— George Orwell

“Our devotion should center on the cause of the oppressed, the tyrannized, the humiliated and hurt masses that have no place at the table,…

— Henry Johnson Jr

“The just and the worthy have to suffer in order to spread their ideas and let them be known. One has to shake and…

— José Rizal

“First the leaders and the led, then the tyrants and the slaves, then the massacres. That’s how it’s always gone.”

— Margaret Atwood