Historians Quotations

Historians will look back on this period of time following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as a defining moment for both our state and nation. To neglect the needs of this vital region sets an unimaginable precedent for America's response to future catastrophes in our nation. Our elected leaders need to see for themselves -- block by block, mile by mile -- the immense devastation, and the pressing challenges faced by so many people in this region.

Historians will look back on this day and say this was a turning point, ... This is a significant step toward the Congress exercising its constitutional responsibilities over matters of war.

Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.

Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been too painful. Research has since proved that assumption wrong.

Historians have recreated the parallel timeline that details what Lincoln and Booth each did, hour by hour, the entire day until their destinies met at the Ford Theater.

Canadian history is not at all boring. It's Canadian historians who are boring.

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.

I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.