“History, which undertakes to record the transactions of the past, for the instruction of future ages, would ill deserve that honourable office if she condescended to plead the cause of tyrants, or to justify the maxims of persecution.” IfsAgePastCausesHistoryRecordsOfficeDeserveIllJustifyTyrantsInstructionPersecutionMaximsRoman EmpireTransactions Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.” PeoplePastNationsTermHistoryProduceHistoricalContradictionJustifyHistorian Author:Eric Hobsbawm
“History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. ...History will justify anything. It teaches precisely nothing, for it contains everything and furnishes examples of everything.” TeachHistoryDangerousExampleProductsIntellectJustifyChemistry Author:Paul Valery
“Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.” MeanEndsPoliticsSpaceHistoryPoliticianFairsCriticalBreathingJustifyTurning PointsEnds Justify The MeansBreathing Space Book:Darkness at noon Source: Darkness at noon
“History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.” UsedHistoryPoliticianToolsHistoricalIntentionJustifyTourism Author:Ted Koppel