Luther Strange Quotes

Nothing is so retentive as a nation's memory.

Writing history is writing the soul of the past...

History cannot be erased, although we can soothe ourselves by speculating about it.

Any nation that forgets its past cannot have a future.

History is a heavy thing everywhere.

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

Every image of the past that is not recognised by the present as one of its own threatens to disappear irretrievably.

My country has no history, only a past.

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.

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

We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?

Never, ever forget history.

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

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

I can't rewrite history.

Most of us get our history through story.

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

History is information. Memory is part of your identity.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. This is what makes the trade of historian so attractive.

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

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.

The history of this country is told by showing people who have contributed to it.

History is the memory of states.

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.

A lot of people may not read the history of their own country, but they carry on memories transmitted by previous generations. They're trying to achieve something, [they] have their mission and anger -- all this is fed by past experience of history.