Quotes about History

Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.

My mind lets go a thousand things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings

One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor."

Spiritual wisdom is now available to everyone, disseminated to the masses as never before in world history.

The past is important for all the information and wisdom it holds. But you can get lost in it. You've got to learn to keep the knowledge of the past with you as you pursue the present.

your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

Maybe it's time to go back 2,000 years for a spiritual renaissance. If not, our days may be numbered and a terrible implosion is coming. There is no more middle ground. It is one or the other.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.