Accurate Quote by Steven Magee

“The facts of history have been too well rehearsed (I'm speaking needless to say not of written history but the oral kind that goes…

— John Ashbery

“Historians rewrite the truth every day. What interests us is the truth that gets the reader to reach for his wallet”

— Andreï Makine

“Only through the careful study of historical documents can we prevent the distortion of where we came from and who we are as a…

— Ben Carson

“He does not know that the ultimate truth is that history ought to consist only of the anecdotes of the little people who are…

— Louis de Bernières

“No matter how good a President you are, if the historian is hostile to you, he will emphasize your errors and break down your…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The truth of history often likes to conceal itself in small coincidences.”

— Aldo Schiavone

“History would not be what it is, the record of man’s crimes and follies, if logic and decency governed its events and great decisions.”

— Ladislas Farago

“If all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.”

— George Orwell

“History is what men choose to remember. Truth is what a man cannot forget.”

— Samantha Sotto

“I am not a properly trained historian. I am a lawyer by trade, and an inquisitive, practical woman by character.”

— Liza Picard

“History is a record of human nature in action.”

— James Carlos Blake

“History is not a fixed truth. It changes with the speaker.”

— Jenn Reese