History Quotes

Discover 44 memorable quotes about history. Perfect for memorization and inspiration.

The way we react to the Indian will always remain this nation's unique moral headache. It may seem a smaller problem than our Negro one, and less important.

Narrator(Centennial)
moralityhistoryAmerica

Panic of 1873 had already cast its shadow across the money markets of New York and Chicago; prudent men were beginning to draw in their investments, but the men and women involved in this outlandish affair were so wealthy and so protected that the panic could not touch them.

Narrator(Centennial)
economywealthhistory

It was the year in which the two races approached a state of equilibrium: the Indians still owned the land and still controlled it, the buffalo were plentiful, and white soldiers had not yet begun to shoot at Indians they were fearful of, and peace was still possible.

Narrator(Centennial)
historypeaceNative Americans

Our lives are stitched together by history.

Narrator(Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany)
historylifeconnection

Every stone in Schabbach holds a story.

Narrator(Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany)
storieshistoryplace

The past never truly lets go.

Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle(The Honourable Woman)
historyconsequences

In the seventeen years that have passed, humanity has bled, sacrificed, and suffered.

The Barber (Charlie Chaplin)(The Great Dictator)
sufferinghumanityhistory

L’histoire se répète.

Henri Volney(I as in Icarus)
historyrepetition

Every stone tells a story of sacrifice.

Kurmanjan Datka(Queen of the Mountains)
sacrificehistory

History remembers the noise, not the reason.

Narrator(Black Friday)
historyviolence

I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How was Jerusalem? Damp.

Eleanor of Aquitaine(The Lion in Winter)
sarcasmhistory

It's 1183 and we're barbarians.

Henry II(The Lion in Winter)
historybrutality

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