710 Quotes About Historical

History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable.

The history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My work deals with what is happening now—our techniques and materials, what we are capable of doing today.

The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.

Bombing is not especially inhumane. War itself is inhumane and the bombing plane, which is used to paralyse industry and transport, is a relatively civilised weapon. 'Normal' or 'legitimate' warfare is just as destructive of inanimate objects and enormously so of human lives.

If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable