Quotes about History

A historian who would convey the truth has got to lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.

It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so.

...oppression is as American as apple pie...

Racism is not first and foremost a skin problem. It is a sin problem. See, when you believe that racism is a skin problem, you can take three hundred years of slavery, court decisions, marches, and the federal government involvement and still not get it fixed right.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

Racism can be called our nation's own specific 'original sin.'

Too many of our fellow Americans have to struggle each day against the obstacles imposed by racism, history and original sin. These obstacles are real, and they affect the way police departments have acted toward Black Americans.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

love is just a history that they may prove and when your gone ill tell them my religion is you

Natural gas followed a similar trajectory. In 1900, it accounted for 1 percent of the world's energy. It took seventy years to reach 20 percent. Nuclear fission went faster, going from 0 to 10 percent in 27 years.

When you hold on to your history you do it at the expense of your destiny.

The power of belief alone could change the course of history.