Aim Quote by George Santayana

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

— David Herbert Donald

“Historical analysis, by its very nature, tends to render seemingly unrelated events into an orderly and purposeful narrative, often leading to explanations that present…

— Ralph Snyderman

The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

— Lucian

We study history in order to intervene in the course of history.

— Adolf von Harnack

History, as the study of the past, makes the coherence of what happened comprehensible by reducing events to a dramatic pattern and seeming them…

— Johan Huizinga

So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of…

— Nancy Horan

“The actions of a single person with access to the secrets of a major power have the potential to modify the course of history.”

— Sergei Kostin

“the issue in historical explanation is to explain the character and not the mere occurrence of events. A historical event is not an atomic,…

— Terry Nardin

Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a part of…

— Carroll Quigley

Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative liberties in…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research. And when you see that you've got problems, all you have to…

— Malcolm X

“It is a precisely datable historical event having the full weight that real historical happenings have; like them, too, it happens once only; it…

— Pope Benedict XVI