Able Quote by William L. Shirer

There's no such thing as history, only historians. That's how we know about the past.

— Peter Greenaway

History is not just about the past. It also reveals the present.

— David Von Drehle

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know…

— John Keegan

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is…

— Henry Adams

“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

The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.

— Antony Beevor

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead.…

— E. M. Forster

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Ultimately a historian has to put together a cohesive work. That doesn't mean that your curiosity is ever totally satisfied.

— Adele Logan Alexander

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave.

— Edward Gibbon

History is not history unless it is the truth.

— Abraham Lincoln