Example Quote by David Greenberg

“Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.”

— George W. Bush

“No matter how good a President you are, if the historian is hostile to you, he will emphasize your errors and break down your…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

I think I regard any history in quotes, because just like science, we're constantly revising science, we're constantly revising history. There's no question that…

— David S. Goyer

“History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be judged in…

— Shashi Tharoor

“It is a commonplace that good historians don’t judge statements from past times by the standards of their own.”

— Richard Dawkins

“we need to stop asking the history of centuries past to vindicate our actions today. History is not a manifesto for action, a list…

— Sidin Vadukut

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.

— Robert Fisk

“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

Throughout our history, the Supreme Court has entered national crises, often preventing presidents from doing what they want to do. Indeed, sometimes the court's…

— Nina Totenberg

“History would not be what it is, the record of man’s crimes and follies, if logic and decency governed its events and great decisions.”

— Ladislas Farago

“Certainly every historian brings certain predilections to the study of history. But every historian also has the ethical obligation to suspend judgment until finding…

— George M. Dennison

(on A History of Western Philosophy) I was sometimes accused by reviewers of writing not a true history but a biased account of the…

— Bertrand Russell