Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.
James Henry BreastedAnd it has some weight, I mean, the whole history of the gargoyles, that's some wonderful stuff.
Keith DavidThe subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelThe only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.
Leon RedboneBut every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history.
Martin Heidegger