Conflict Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The genuine history of mankind is the history of ideas. It is ideas that distinguish man from all other beings. Ideas engender social institutions,…

— Ludwig von Mises

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables…

— Carl L. Becker

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. For it is ideas, theories, and doctrines that guide human action, determine the ultimate ends…

— Ludwig von Mises

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in…

— Bernard Beckett

History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

— David Hume

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables…

— Carl Becker

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

History is a conflict of two moral types - the predatory and the constructive - and these can be found in all societies, all…

— Syed Hussein Alatas

“What are the qualities of human greatness that create history? Every time, if we think far enough, it is an ability to look through…

— Jane Adams

The history of mankind is a history of war.

— Mike Love

History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. ...History will justify anything. It teaches precisely nothing, for it contains…

— Paul Valery