History Quote by Douglas Hurd

We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the past.

— Douglas Hurd

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

— Voltaire

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

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 not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff - well, it…

— Arnold J. Toynbee

“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

History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the…

— Max De Pree

I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

— David McCullough

History is a means of access to ourselves.

— Lynn Townsend White, Jr

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.

— Roger Rees

We should study history to know ourself.

— M. K. Stalin