History Quote by Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead…

— Walter Benjamin

“historians need to treat a participant’s own explanation of events with a certain scepticism. It is often the statement made with an eye to…

— Julian Barnes

“There's a peculiar dichotomy in the nature of almost anyone who calls himself a historian. Such scholars all piously assure us that they're telling…

— David Eddings

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

— Lee Simonson

“Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do…

— Richard Marius

“It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history.”

— Katherine Ann Porter

“Such elusive puzzles recall the historian's basic dilemma: the absence of evidence does not always signify evidence of absence. In the end, we will…

— Howard Markel

“it is easy to see that history is truly written by losers with time on their hands and a protected academic position.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Rooting arguments in evidence and respecting scholarly norms, historians must craft stories that shape the future as well as the past.”

— Michael J. Lansing

“history itself arises out of the adjacent possible.”

— Stuart A. Kauffman

“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of…

— David Grann

“A historian tries to understand what happened, why it happened, what was the context, who did what, and what assumptions led them to act…

— Diane Ravitch