Approach Quote by Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history…

— David Christian

“Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women's history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as history, not…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We have a great history; we have a great humanist face to put forward to the world.

— Emmanuel Macron

If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened - good, bad, ugly, no matter…

— Ruby Bridges

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

— Margaret MacMillan

History is not truth versus falsehoods, but a mixture of both, a mélange of tendencies, reactions, dreams, errors, and power plays. What's important is…

— Gretel Ehrlich

Ignorant of history, we find it easy to accept our isolation from one another. We are more able to recognize differences than shared experiences…

— Linda Simon

I am a lay historian by nature. I seek out an empirical reflection of what truth is. I sort of want dates and motivations…

— Tom Hanks

Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world's ills, misery,…

— Anonymous