History Quote by Walter Benjamin

“There is no such thing as a historical fatality; there is only a historical nemesis which punishes those who have hesitated to act when…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”

— Péter Esterházy

“For heroes do not make history—that is the historian’s job—but, passive, let themselves be borne along, swept up to the crest of the tide…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“A historian is a risk-terrified prophet.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There is always room for optimism; there is always something to do that is historically important, choices in one's life that matter, a challenge…

— Eric Mann

“The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves to fate.”

— Alan Beattie

“This was one lesson that the war taught me - that every event in time presents opportunities that are recognizable only to those with…

— F. Sionil José

“since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly…

— Carl Sagan

“history is one sided, none of the stories are wholly true.  We only hear the stories the victor wants told.  The remaining stories, the…

— H.K. Savage

“Most histories are written by the winners of conflicts, but those written by the losers—if they survive—are often more interesting.”

— Brian Herbert

“A good historian always provides for an exit in case of fire. "Probably," "allegedly," "it is possible...”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo