18 quotes
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history of compassion and sacrifice.”
— Howard Zinn
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
— George Santayana
“Because we are denied knowledge of our history we are deprived of standing on each others shoulders”
— Judy Chicago
“Look back over the past with its changing empires that rose and fell and you can foresee the future too”
— Marcus Aurelius
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child for what is the worth of human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history”
— Cicero
“History despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived but if faced with courage need not be lived again and that facing is healing”
— Maya Angelou
“There is that great proverb that until the lions have their own historians the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. Peace requires all voices.”
— Chinua Achebe
“The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.”
— Thomas Carlyle
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
— Confucius
“A people without knowledge of their past history origin and culture is like a tree without roots”
— Ngugi wa Thiongo
“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”
— Karl Marx
“History despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived but if faced with courage need not be lived again”
“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
“Understanding the past is essential for building a just future”
— Nikole Hannah-Jones
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