Feel good Quote by Ed Koch
“Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: New York Times, 1990
Rewriting history to comfort people is not true history but a form of therapy.
In simple terms: Changing facts to feel better is not history.
Preserve factual accuracy.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- education
- media reporting
- public policy
- memory studies
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What responsibilities do historians have to truth?
- How does selective memory affect society?
Comforting narratives may ignore important lessons.