Historical Roots Quotes

We're Americans. That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country of the world.

In England, the class system is about a thousand years old, and it's not going to change any time soon.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still be bought, sold, and traded.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925.

The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.

We are Macedonians but we are Slav Macedonians. That's who we are! We have no connection to Alexander the Greek and his Macedonia. The ancient Macedonians no longer exist, they had disappeared from history long time ago. Our ancestors came here in the 5th and 6th century (AD).

It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

Americans are locked into our traditions.

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

Well, I am actually a daughter of the American Revolution

India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.

I'm from such an old family, it's been condemned.

My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went back to Germany.

All sorts of other lies are being spread today, I do not know what else they will invent. I've heard that I'm of Jewish descent, but I found, I knew of my ancestors in Zagorje from around 350 years ago, and I said, maybe it would be good to have some of that, I guess I would be richer, I might not have become a Communist.

There is no future for a people who deny their past.