Quotes about History
The one thing God is doing in all of redemptive history is to show forth his mercy in such a way that the greatest number of people will throughout eternity delight in him with all their heart, strength, and mind.
- John Piper
Christmas split history. Foretastes of the future abound. Drink deeply on what he achieved for us. And be filled with hope for all that is coming.
- John Piper
There is no portrait of Jesus in the New Testament as a merely human teacher of ethics. There is only the Lord of glory. The fulfiller of history. The judge of the universe.
- John Piper
Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.
- John Polkinghorne
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
- John Quincy Adams
This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind.
- John Quincy Adams
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
- John Quincy Adams
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
- John Quincy Adams
The papacy is just what prophecy declared that she would be, the apostasy of the latter times.
- Ellen White
The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
- Barack Obama
God is the one who always remembers those whom history has forgotten.
- Bartolome de las Casas
By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.
- Christoph Waltz