Faithfulness Quote by Francis Parkman

Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed…

— Francis Parkman

“since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“In other words, that works of history are mere collections of facts. It is fiction alone that can show us the true nature of…

— Daisaku Ikeda

“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story of our…

— Joan Nestle

“Historians rewrite the truth every day. What interests us is the truth that gets the reader to reach for his wallet”

— Andreï Makine

“Every people has a past, but the dignity of a history comes when a community of scholars devotes itself to chronicling and studying that…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“for it is the business and duty of historians to be exact, truthful, and wholly free from passion, and neither interest nor fear, hatred…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with…

— Sara Sheridan

“We are surrounded by various histories and fragments from the ages. Some are true. Some are only the approximation of truth. Some truths are…

— Jeff Wheeler

“True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence.. And only a chosen…

— Félix J. Palma

“He does not know that the ultimate truth is that history ought to consist only of the anecdotes of the little people who are…

— Louis de Bernières