Important Historical Quotes
- Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important… — Chancellor Williams
- If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses… — Karen Armstrong
- Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China.… — Hu Shih
- Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in… — Raymond Queneau
- Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Samuel Eliot Morison
- Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the news had been… — Susan Orlean