Historical Reevaluation Quotes

I think I regard any history in quotes, because just like science, we're constantly revising science, we're constantly revising history.

History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.

We ought not to endeavor to revise history according to our latter day notions of what things ought to have been, or upon the theory that the past is simply a reflection of the present

Nothing changes more constantly than the past

Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.

Although this should not be so, historians reconsider presidencies based on how the presidents conduct themselves after leaving office.

Revisionist historians are about to get their hands on the Thatcher years, shes probably going to be looked at again because she feels far enough away now, and we dont see her much on the political landscape in this country, shes kind of disappeared and she doesnt speak out much anymore.