Democracy Quote by Pankaj Mishra

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

“recent events compel us to raise anew. From the beginning, the most serious and systematic attempts to write Universal Histories saw the central issue…

— Francis Fukuyama

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

— Michele Lamy

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 is the long, difficult and confused dream of Mankind.

— Anonymous

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

— John Smith

History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what…

— Nikki Giovanni

“Must redefine utopia. It isn't the perfect end-product of our wishes, define it so and it deserves the scorn of those who sneer when…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that…

— Mark Foley

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 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

“History is not made by great dreams, but by the petty wants of all respectable, moderately thievish and selfish people, that is, of everyone.…

— Karel Čapek