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Historians Quotes

That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary to fact. For there are plenty of mistakes made by writers out of ignorance, and which any man finds it difficult to avoid. But if we knowingly write what is false, whether for the sake of our country or our friends or just to be pleasant, what difference is there between us and hack writers? Readers should be very attentive to and critical of historians, and they in turn should be constantly on their guard Picture Quote #1

Concerned to reconstruct past ideas, historians must approach the generation that held them as the anthropologist approaches an alien culture. They must, that is, be prepared at the start to find that natives speak a different language and map experience into different categories from those they themselves bring from home. And they must take as their object the discovery of those categories and the assimilation of the corresponding language Picture Quote #1

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians Picture Quote #1

When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy, but as the time when the peoples of the world first came to take one another seriously Picture Quote #1

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers Picture Quote #1

Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe Picture Quote #1

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When we see the human race, we must see before all else environment and food. Historians write about social change without taking these factors into account. This is why it is difficult for them to see the reasons decline and prosperity in society Picture Quote #1

When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive Picture Quote #1

There are some historians who say that democratic republics don’t last more than 200 years. Well, weve got to show that you can last more than 200 years. Weve got to continue to sustain the system, and the only way you can do it is by sustaining the constitution and by confronting lies face to face, head on, aggressively Picture Quote #1

Environmental historians... insist that we have got to go... down to the earth itself as an agent and presence in history. Here we will discover even more fundamental forces at work over time. And to appreciate those forces we must now and then get out of parliamentary chambers, out of birthing rooms and factories, get out of doors altogether, and ramble into fields, woods, and the open air. It is time we bought a good set of walking shoes, and we cannot avoid getting some mud on them Picture Quote #1

For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of inevitability, the assumption that different outcomes lay beyond the limits of the possible Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end Picture Quote #1

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The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do not generally view the phenomena from a sufficiently high biological standpoint. To me, at least, they seem to attach too much importance to individual rulers and soldiers, and to particular wars, policies, religions, and customs; while at the same time they make little attempt to extract the fundamental causes of national success or failure Picture Quote #1

A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing! Picture Quote #1

It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit Picture Quote #1

There is that great proverb - that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter Picture Quote #1

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians Picture Quote #1

I believe that in years to come, historians will see the beginning of the 21st century as the ‘golden age’ of real estate Picture Quote #1

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Historians are apt to judge war ministers less by the victories achieved under their direction than by the political results which flowed from them. Judged by that standard, I am not sure that I shall be held to have done very well Picture Quote #1

The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are more indebted to those who provided them with such noble materials, or those great men to their historians Picture Quote #1

My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it’s a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts Picture Quote #1

Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history Picture Quote #1

Pirate historians have now discovered social history, the branch of history which in the last two decades or so has been the most dynamic and inventive, in both senses of the word Picture Quote #1

History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don’t start the earthquakes and don’t stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do Picture Quote #1

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I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it Picture Quote #1

Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire Picture Quote #1

The present educational establishment, to cite just one group, has been obscuring the past so that our children have no way of comparing the facts of history with the distorted version promoted by biased secular historians Picture Quote #1

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it Picture Quote #1

I don’t think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage Picture Quote #1

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic Picture Quote #1

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That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary to fact. For there are plenty of mistakes made by writers out of ignorance, and which any man finds it difficult to avoid. But if we knowingly write what is false, whether for the sake of our country or our friends or just to be pleasant, what difference is there between us and hack writers? Readers should be very attentive to and critical of historians, and they in turn should be constantly on their guard (Historians Quotes) Concerned to reconstruct past ideas, historians must approach the generation that held them as the anthropologist approaches an alien culture. They must, that is, be prepared at the start to find that natives speak a different language and map experience into different categories from those they themselves bring from home. And they must take as their object the discovery of those categories and the assimilation of the corresponding language (Historians Quotes) History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians (Historians Quotes) When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy, but as the time when the peoples of the world first came to take one another seriously (Historians Quotes) Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers (Historians Quotes) Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe (Historians Quotes) When we see the human race, we must see before all else environment and food. Historians write about social change without taking these factors into account. This is why it is difficult for them to see the reasons decline and prosperity in society (Historians Quotes) When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive (Historians Quotes) There are some historians who say that democratic republics don’t last more than 200 years. Well, weve got to show that you can last more than 200 years. Weve got to continue to sustain the system, and the only way you can do it is by sustaining the constitution and by confronting lies face to face, head on, aggressively (Historians Quotes) Environmental historians... insist that we have got to go... down to the earth itself as an agent and presence in history. Here we will discover even more fundamental forces at work over time. And to appreciate those forces we must now and then get out of parliamentary chambers, out of birthing rooms and factories, get out of doors altogether, and ramble into fields, woods, and the open air. It is time we bought a good set of walking shoes, and we cannot avoid getting some mud on them (Historians Quotes) For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of inevitability, the assumption that different outcomes lay beyond the limits of the possible (Historians Quotes) I don’t think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end (Historians Quotes) The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do not generally view the phenomena from a sufficiently high biological standpoint. To me, at least, they seem to attach too much importance to individual rulers and soldiers, and to particular wars, policies, religions, and customs; while at the same time they make little attempt to extract the fundamental causes of national success or failure (Historians Quotes) A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing! (Historians Quotes) It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit (Historians Quotes) There is that great proverb - that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter (Historians Quotes) The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians (Historians Quotes) I believe that in years to come, historians will see the beginning of the 21st century as the ‘golden age’ of real estate (Historians Quotes) Historians are apt to judge war ministers less by the victories achieved under their direction than by the political results which flowed from them. Judged by that standard, I am not sure that I shall be held to have done very well (Historians Quotes) The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are more indebted to those who provided them with such noble materials, or those great men to their historians (Historians Quotes) My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it’s a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts (Historians Quotes) Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history (Historians Quotes) Pirate historians have now discovered social history, the branch of history which in the last two decades or so has been the most dynamic and inventive, in both senses of the word (Historians Quotes) History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don’t start the earthquakes and don’t stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do (Historians Quotes) I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it (Historians Quotes) Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire (Historians Quotes) The present educational establishment, to cite just one group, has been obscuring the past so that our children have no way of comparing the facts of history with the distorted version promoted by biased secular historians (Historians Quotes) Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it (Historians Quotes) I don’t think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage (Historians Quotes) Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic (Historians Quotes)

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