Historian Quote by Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“I am contented, happy, and consequently a bad historian.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense.”

— J. Christopher Herold

“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“As an American historian, I am required to keep an accurate and truthful historical record.”

— Steven Magee

“He doesn't have anything like wisdom of age or hindsight. He's a biased historian of self, an emotional revisionist. We all are, for the…

— Marc Maron

“in statesmanship, too great a preoccupation to avoid the errors of the past makes it likely that you will fall into the errors of…

— Hugh Brogan

“It is a commonplace that good historians don’t judge statements from past times by the standards of their own.”

— Richard Dawkins

I didn't realize the president was such an historian.

— Mark Shields

“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

“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The person who expects to understand history must submerge himself in it, must get rid of patriotism, as well as bitterness. And especially in…

— Americo Castro

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people…

— Tom Clancy