Portal:History/Quotes

“ History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. ”

— Konrad Adenauer

“ History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ”

— Anatole France

“ In times like these, it's helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. ”

— Paul Harvey

“ I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it. ”

— George Burns

“ History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history. ”

— Clarence Darrow

“ All the money wasted on these textbook companies, all the resources consumed by the manufacturing of these history books, could all be used for a true cause: the production of atom bombs. ”

— George W. Bush

“ We have nothing to fear, but fear itself. And the Great Depression. And the Chupacabra. ”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt