Education Quote by George M. Dennison

“By trying to understand the past on its own terms, the historian treats it with integrity rather than manipulating it or superimposing his or…

— John Fea

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“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

“Rooting arguments in evidence and respecting scholarly norms, historians must craft stories that shape the future as well as the past.”

— Michael J. Lansing

“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

History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories;…

— Agnes Repplier

“The hardest task for the historian… is to consider the evidence without prejudice. We all have prior agendas and tend to find what we’re…

— Christopher Evans

“Though historians occasionally try their hand at prophecy (without notable success), the study of history aims above all to make us aware of possibilities…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The moment historians examine the past they risk changing it, by selectively re-arranging events, consciously or not, according to the judgment(s) of posterity or…

— Paul Ham

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it.

— Jill Lepore

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.

— Jill Lepore