Conditions Quote by Gladys Taber

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon

I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes. I do not want to show…

— James Nachtwey

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon

People who behave rarely make history.

— Josh Linkner

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act…

— Jeanine Basinger

The history of the world is the history of the privileged few.

— Henry Miller

History is the narrative of people searching for a place to go.

— Anonymous

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course…

— Sonia Johnson

History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the…

— Dexter Perkins

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

— Henry L. Stimson

“It is ashamed that history isolates things that are common to a large populace, but families don’t disperse generational history to prevent their descendants…

— Stephen and Tiffany Domena

History is instructive. And what it suggests to people is that even if they do little things, if they walk on the picket line,…

— Howard Zinn