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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

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

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

Matthew Stewart Quote: “It’s wrong to look at what…”

It’s wrong to look at what we call ‘Enlightenment values’ as some fad of the 18th century. It’s deeply rooted in ancient history.

October 24, 2021 1963, American, Matthew Stewart, Quotes by Philosophers

Emmeline Pankhurst Quote: “One baby is a patient baby…”

One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant until it is fed. Well, we know perfectly well which baby is attended to first. That is the whole history of politics.

October 23, 2021 1858, Emmeline Pankhurst, English, July 14, Quotes by Activists

Arnold J. Toynbee Quote: “History not used is nothing, for…”

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don’t use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

October 23, 2021 1889, April 14, Arnold J. Toynbee, British, Quotes by Historians

Coretta Scott King Quote: “There is a spirit and a…”

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

October 23, 2021 1927, American, April 27, Coretta Scott King, Quotes by Activists

W. H. Auden Quote: “History is, strictly speaking, the study…”

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

October 14, 2021 1907, English, February 21, Quotes by Poets, W. H. Auden

Thucydides Quote: “History is Philosophy teaching by example….”

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

October 11, 2021 460 BC, Greek, Quotes by Historians, Thucydides

Margaret Thatcher Quote: “Europe was created by history. America…”

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

October 10, 2021 1925, English, Margaret Thatcher, October 13, Quotes by Leaders

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