Folks Quote by Henry Hampton

You cannot afford to rely on history, you have to make it.

— Martin O'Neill

The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

Everybody wants to make history into what's good for them. It's very depressing.

— Michele Lamy

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

— Karl Marx

Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we…

— Antony Beevor

I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

— David McCullough

Free people will set the course of history.

— George W. Bush

“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.”

— Douglas Preston

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

— Voltaire

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world…

— Howard Nemerov

History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the…

— Max De Pree

Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.

— Bernard Hopkins