Quotes about History
Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.
- Abraham Lincoln
God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.
- Max Lucado
I'm glad to know that we do have political leaders that believe in God, and that has been true from the days of George Washington.
- Billy Graham
Either God must be unjust, or you, Jews, wicked and ungodly. You have been, about fifteen hundred years, a race rejected of God.
- Martin Luther
I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.
- NT Wright
The Communists do have a god, the Dialectic of History, which guarantees everything that they're going to do and guarantees them victory; that's why they're fanatic.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.
- George Bernard Shaw
The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.
- John Adams
It's a very good historical book about history.
- Dan Quayle
The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.
- GK Chesterton
I think my husband did a pretty good job in the 1990s.
- Hillary Clinton
I don't know why they are all so eager to be remembered. What good will it do them? There are some things that should be forgotten by everyone, and never spoken of again.
- Margaret Atwood