David Eisenhower Quotes

History is more interesting than politics.

Political, social and economic realities are shaped by a historical process.

The deeper we trace the political influences in history, the more are we convinced that the "will to power" has up to now been one of the strongest motives in the development of human social forms.

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion.

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.

Events are as much the parents of the future as they were the children of the past.

Politics is history in the present tense

Political thought never develops in a vacuum; it is always highly responsive to the force of political events, even as it shapes those events in crucial ways.

The historical method is often deemed conservative, because it traces the gradual and stately growth of our venerable institutions; but it may exercise a precisely opposite influence by showing the gross injustice which was blindly perpetrated during this growth.

Every body and thing has politics involved. Every. Single. Thing.

Ideology has consequences.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.

A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.

Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.

Ideas shape the course of history.

The future has a lot to do with the past.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.

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

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

History is nothing but the actions of men in pursuit of their ends.