Currents Quote by Doug McAdam

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

— Anonymous

Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by…

— George W. Bush

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

— David McCullough

“The person unaware of history is like a rudderless boat just floating out in the middle of the ocean, hostages to the waves and…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Even in those historical moments when men look back and see patriotism and sacrifice as the driving forces of history, 'the majority of the…

— Michael Bunker

Everybody has different interpretations of history, but what they need to do is be supported in some form or fashion by fact.

— Clay Travis

“...history is a selection process - it chooses moments and events, and even people - it hands them a situation that they shouldn't be…

— Brad Meltzer

History is full of people with great ideas, but leaders also need to ensure their visions become reality.

— Seth Moulton

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

— Stephen Spender

“A lot of what we know to be history isn’t…it serves a purpose. Events are exaggerated, heroes fabricated, goals are rewritten to appear more…

— Louise Penny

Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other.

— Antony Beevor

To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy

— R. A. Salvatore