Civilised Quote by Terry Pratchett

If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.

— Anonymous

Countries and places have a history, a story, and a culture.

— Moshe Safdie

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially.

— John Henrik Clarke

History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

— Gordon S. Wood

The history of the world is the history of the privileged few.

— Henry Miller

I'm not a historian. I'm a politician. What is important for us is that the countries of the region and the people grow closer…

— Hassan Rouhani

What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.

— Lion Feuchtwanger

History is of all subjects the one which is most engaged with people's perceptions of themselves, identity, politics, all those things which shape the…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time…

— John Henrik Clarke

Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history.

— Samuel P. Huntington

We are living in a global world - but most schools and books still tell us only parochial histories of one particular country or…

— Yuval Noah Harari