History Quote by David Gustafson

“tyrants always set about shaping history after their liking.”

— Douglas Bond

“History is made only by those who oppose history (not by those who insert themselves into it, or even reshape it).”

— Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

“When ideology has become total through its possession of total power, and has changed from partial truth to totalitarian falsehood, historical thought has been…

— Guy Debord

“History isn't all fact--it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time…

— Heather Anastasiu

“Those who don't know history are destined to be tyrannized by it”

— Dean Cavanagh

“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress…

— Aberjhani

“Well behaved people and dreamers seldom make history. In fact, history has no place for such people.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“History is not made by great dreams, but by the petty wants of all respectable, moderately thievish and selfish people, that is, of everyone.…

— Karel Čapek

From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.

— George Orwell

“In the long run, even a tyrannical government only has the power that the people confer on it and coming to understand history is…

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“You don't think history gets rewritten, sometimes?”

— Tamora Pierce

“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”

— Daniel Walker Howe