History Quote by Rebecca Solnit

History causes the military problem to become the essence of the political problem.

— Vladimir Lenin

History has been the history of warfare.

— Godfrey Reggio

“One person's actions can alter the course of history, and a political or military mischance can touch off a catastrophic reaction that has repercussions…

— Timothy Venning

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and…

— Anonymous

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

— Cotton Mather

“History, largely experienced previously as a series of natural disasters, could now be seen as a movement in which everyone could potentially enlist.”

— Pankaj Mishra

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

— Sarah Vowell

“History – An account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.”

— Ambrose Bierce

Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history.

— Pieter Geyl

History is history.

— Troy Vincent

“History is a raw onion sandwich, it just repeats, it burps. We've seen it again and again this year. Same old story, Same old…

— Julian Barnes

Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for…

— Lawrence Osborne