History Quote by Gustawa Jarecka

“History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort.”

— Dennis L. McKiernan

History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“History will judge the war against Iraq not by the brilliance of its military execution, but by the effectiveness of the post-hostilities activities.”

— Rajiv Chandrasekaran

“That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors.”

— Kate Morton

“history is one sided, none of the stories are wholly true.  We only hear the stories the victor wants told.  The remaining stories, the…

— H.K. Savage

History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.

— James Rosenquist

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it…

— Henry Steele Commager

“War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.”

— Christoforos Darbinian

Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we…

— Dalai Lama

But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.

— Christopher Shays

“History was not a matter of missing minutes on the tape. I did not stand helpless before it. I hewed to the texture of…

— Don DeLillo

“History would not be what it is, the record of man’s crimes and follies, if logic and decency governed its events and great decisions.”

— Ladislas Farago