History Teaches Quotes

40 History Teaches quotes by 36 unique authors

History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make. — Jean Bodin
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that… — Douglas MacArthur
History teaches that a race of people is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit in consequence of the similarity of their… — Friedrich Nietzsche
History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future. — Thomas Jefferson
From the Soviet gulag to the Nazi concentration camps and the killing fields of Cambodia, history teaches that granting the state legal authority to kill… — Pete du Pont
Of all the lessons history teaches, this one is the plainest: the person who tries to achieve ends through force is always unscrupulous and is… — Unknown Author
Even as we do all that's necessary to ensure Israel's security, even as we are clear-eyed about the difficult challenges before us, and even as… — Barack Obama
If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing. — Peter Ustinov
History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice. — Wole Soyinka
History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a… — Jimmy Carter
If history teaches anything, it teaches humility. — Gordon S. Wood
History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless. — Chalmers Johnson
That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they… — Philip Reeve
The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesnâ€™t teach us anything. — Michael Lewis
History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Unjust social orders do no fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches… — Timothy B. Tyson
FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties of a free… — Steve Kubby
Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because violence has universal value. Violence… — Jack Donovan
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies must be strong… — Ronald Reagan
All history teaches us that these questions that we think the pressing ones will be transmuted before they are answered, that they will be replaced… — J. Robert Oppenheimer

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