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Bernard Berenson Quote: “From childhood on I have had…”

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament… the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

October 30, 2021 1865, American, Bernard Berenson, June 26, Quotes by Historians

Richard Norton Smith Quote: “Presidents in wartime, embattled presidents, unpopular…”

Presidents in wartime, embattled presidents, unpopular presidents, they all look to Lincoln. He’s their patron saint because no president was more embattled or more unpopular than Lincoln was during his presidency. We think he was born on Mount Rushmore. Not so.

October 29, 2021 1953, American, Quotes by Historians, Richard Norton Smith

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Books are the carriers of civilization….”

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

October 28, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Ian Lustick Quote: “Just as a balloon filled gradually…”

Just as a balloon filled gradually with air bursts when the limit of its tensile strength is passed, there are thresholds of radical, disruptive change in politics. When those thresholds are crossed, the impossible suddenly becomes probable, with revolutionary implications for governments and nations.

October 28, 2021 1949, American, Ian Lustick, Quotes by Historians

Nick Turse Quote: “If the present is any guide…”

If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.

October 27, 2021 1975, American, Nick Turse, Quotes by Historians

Michael Rostovtzeff Quote: “For me archaeology is not a…”

For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources.

October 26, 2021 1870, Michael Rostovtzeff, November 10, Quotes by Historians, Ukrainian

Hampton Sides Quote: “I don’t concentrate on any one…”

I don’t concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight narrative that involves strife, heroism, and survival under difficult circumstances.

October 26, 2021 1962, American, Hampton Sides, Quotes by Historians

Robert Dallek Quote: “Concealing one’s true medical condition from…”

Concealing one’s true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.

October 26, 2021 1934, American, May 16, Quotes by Historians, Robert Dallek

Henry Adams Quote: “Friends are born, not made….”

Friends are born, not made.

October 26, 2021 1838, American, February 16, Henry Adams, Quotes by Historians

Antony Beevor Quote: “It takes me three or four…”

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards.

October 25, 2021 1946, Antony Beevor, British, December 14, Quotes by Historians

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