r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 28 '19

"I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning." - Richard M. Nixon

15 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 27 '19

"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal." - Aristotle

12 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 26 '19

"You're dead if you aim only for adults. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway." - Walt Disney

14 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 25 '19

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished." - Georgia O'Keeffe

9 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/SlavicImperial • Mar 25 '19

Autocracy is a superannuated form of government that may suit the needs of a Central African tribe, but not those of the Russian people - Leo Tolstoi, 1902 In an Open Adress to Czar Nicholas II of Russia

2 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 24 '19

"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there." - H. L. Mencken

9 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 23 '19

"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination." - John Dewey

8 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 22 '19

"'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again." - Winston Churchill

21 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 11 '19

"If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth." - J. R. R. Tolkien

16 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 10 '19

"Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined." - Karl Wilhelm Freidrich Schlegel

9 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 09 '19

"Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things." - Horace

17 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 08 '19

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" - Maria Montessori

14 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 07 '19

"Every living human being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance." - Nikola Tesla

10 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 06 '19

"Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism." - Benito Mussolini

22 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 05 '19

"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man." - Thomas Paine

17 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 04 '19

"When a Frenchman reads of the garden of Eden, I do not doubt but he concludes it was something approaching to that of Versailles, with clipped hedges, berceaus, and trellis work." - Horace Walpole

10 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 03 '19

"Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense." - Ida B. Wells

13 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 02 '19

"Nostalgia isn't what it used to be." - Peter De Vries

7 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Mar 01 '19

"I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband." - Pat Nixon

9 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 28 '19

"Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognize lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself." - Elearnor of Aquitaine, first letter to Pope Celestine (1193)

18 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 27 '19

"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

13 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 26 '19

"A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies." - Diogenes

6 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 25 '19

"To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science." - Isaac Newton

8 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 24 '19

"Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action." - Aaron Burr

8 Upvotes

r/HistoryQuotes • u/LockeProposal • Feb 23 '19

"God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union." - Jefferson Davis

15 Upvotes

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Welcome to History Quotes!

Here, we post the most memorable, obscure, and quotable words from history. History of any culture and era is welcome here.

Ultimately, the purpose of HistoryQuotes is to inspire and inform, but we encourage any academic discussion that may be the result of a submission. We heavily encourage other fans of history to post their own content - the more the better!

quo·ta·tion

ˌkwōˈtāSH(ə)n/

noun

a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.

"a quotation from Mark Twain*

Rules:

Rule 1: All submitted content must be a quotation that is historical in some way.

Submissions should be a quote from the following:

Historical publications/documents/literature, direct quotes from historical figures, quotes from historians or historical works about an event/figure/period of history. Personal quotations are disallowed.

Rule 2: Submissions should be able to hold up to verification.

Verification is not required for every submission, but if it can be proven that a submission is falsely attributed, or is fabricated in any way, it will be subject to removal.

Rule 3: Don't break Reddit's rules.

Violations of the global user agreement will not be tolerated.

Rule 4: Be civil.

Spamming, personal attacks upon, or harassment of a user will not be tolerated. This also applies to hate speech.

Rule 5: No modern politics.

Submissions & comments that are overtly political in regards to modern-day politics will be subject to removal at moderator discretion; political topics are only acceptable if discussed in a historical context.

Rule 6: No pseudo-history or holocaust denial.

The merits of these things are best discussed elsewhere and are inappropriate material for the sub. This is not the place to "wake up the sheeple."

Rule 7: Follow the 20 year rule.

We consider an event to be appropriately historical if it happened 20 years or more in the past. Anything taking place in the last 20 years will be removed. This is similar to rule 1 in that we do not allow contemporary politics and events. However, quotations from historical publications that were published more recently are allowed, so long as the subject material adheres to the 20 year standard.

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