Ability Quote by C. Wright Mills

“The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. Even when they do not…

— C.Wright Mills

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends.…

— Karl Marx

To a person growing up in the power of demography, it was clear that history had to do not with the powerful actions of…

— George W. S. Trow

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

— Tanith Lee

Men need history; it helps them to have an idea of who they are. But history, like sanctity, can reside in the heart; it…

— V. S. Naipaul

History is told through the eyes of men about men.

— Rachel Brosnahan

Men make history, not the other way around.

— Harry S. Truman

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power over their fellowmen in order that they might win…

— William Graham Sumner

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will…

— Anonymous

History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power -…

— Umberto Eco

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like…

— Camille Paglia