History

History is inquiry, preserving the great deeds of Greeks and barbarians so that time shall not blot them out.

History is a possession for all time: the study of human nature under the pressure of war.

History's task is to save virtues from oblivion and hold wicked rulers up to the judgment of posterity.

History is the drama of two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, moving under providence to the end of time.

History repeats because human nature is constant; ancient examples teach the present if we dare to imitate them.

History is little more than the register of crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind, written with irony and moral weight.

History is the progress of the consciousness of freedom: reason unfolding itself through the deeds of peoples.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles; material conditions drive ideological change.

History is the sum of countless small actions; great men are labels, not causes, of what the masses do.