Different Quote by Donald Kagan

The reason for teaching history is not that it changes society, but that it changes pupils; it changes what they see in the world,…

— Peter Lee

“History isn’t just something that ought to be taught, read, or encouraged only because it will make us better citizens. It will make us…

— David McCullough

It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a…

— Peter Ackroyd

I definitely love history. I'm not formally trained or educated in history, but you could say I did go back to college in 2008…

— Oliver Stone

I'm a person who enjoys history, and history is very important to us - very very important it's about making judgement on history. It's…

— Lindsay Hoyle

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of…

— David McCullough

History is about life. It's awful when the life is squeezed out of it and there's no flavor left, no uncertainties, no horsing around.…

— David McCullough

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

— Michael Howard

I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it always has…

— Glenn Close

We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think.

— Dale Jamieson

I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who…

— David McCullough

History was the subject that didn't seem like work. It was enjoyable. That's why I was drawn to doing it really.

— Lucy Worsley