African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
History is written by the victors.
Here is a shared memory that we didn't share, forgot to share, for almost ninety years.
An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.
Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.
What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy.
The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.
Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.
The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.
America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account for the public wants to see.
Jeff Sessions wished he wasn`t the attorney general. The president Donald Trump has the most incompetent cabinet in history, and he`s unhappy with only one of them. Only Jeff Sessions.
The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single family, might exhibit an interesting and instructive picture of human manners; but the tedious repetition of vague and declamatory complaints would fatigue the attention of the most patient reader.
The steady pressure to consume, absorb, participate, receive, by eye, ear, mouth, and mail involves a cruelty to intestines, blood pressure, and psyche unparalleled in history.
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.
that's me. ancient history. " [Poseidon to Paul]
There is room in history for all of us.
As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs. " But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note. "
On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence.