Famous Quotes About history

History is a vast early warning system.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.