Historians quotes

Most popular scientific quotes by historians:

  1. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

  2. "History is a set of lies agreed upon." - Napoleon Bonaparte

  3. "History is written by the victors." - Winston Churchill

  4. "The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom." - Jean Bodin

  5. "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." - Abba Eban

  6. "History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies." - Alexis de Tocqueville

  7. "History is a race between education and catastrophe." - H.G. Wells

  8. "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see." - Winston Churchill

  9. "History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside." - John F. Kennedy

  10. "The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see." - Roman historian Livy.