Historical Writing Quotes
- Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime. — Harry Elmer Barnes
- All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever… — Carl L. Becker