Chelsea Clinton Quotes

Most of us, I think, are conscious of history swirling around outside the door, but when we're in the house, we're usually not dealing with history. We're not thinking about history.

I don't think you should ever run from history. You should learn from it and embrace it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

I think that America has an obsession with history, really.

While we read history we make history.

A nation’s attitude toward its own history is like a window into its own soul.

History is an instrument of the most genuine patriotic spirit

There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.

From the very beginning, history wasn't content simply to be nostalgic fairytales; it wanted to make you think.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.

It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of the need to find new ways of reading the past as an inspiring way of thinking about everything else, including the present.

The way you 'take history' is also a way of 'making history.'

The Greeks have given to the world the science of history; the Israelites gave to the world historical religion. In contrast to all their neighbors, both peoples knew what history is; this is no consequence of their mental giftedness, however, for there is another reason. Through mighty events both peoples experienced what history is, and by the investment of their lives they made history.

If I could have anything - you know, and this is across the board for any presidential candidate - I would have a greater acknowledgment of history in our policy and in our affairs.

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

We learn from history. That's what it's all about.

The beauty about history is that it's open to perception.

History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.