Who said we must have our own history?

In Tomorrow Is Now, written during the last months of her life, Eleanor Roosevelt proclaimed, “One thing I believe profoundly: We make our own history.” This quote is a clarion call for all of us to use history to guide principled individual action to make the world a better place to live.

When did Churchill say those who fail to learn from history?

In a 1948 speech to the House of Commons, Winston Churchill changed the quote slightly when he said (paraphrased), “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”

Who said those who do not learn from history?

Irish statesman Edmund Burke is often misquoted as having said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Spanish philosopher George Santayana is credited with the aphorism, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” while British statesman Winston Churchill wrote, “Those that fail …

What was Lincoln’s famous quote?

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” “Whatever you are, be a good one.” “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

What are some famous quotes about learning from history?

“We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.” “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” “Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” “Human nature will not change.

Which is the best quote to describe history?

History is the essence of innumerable biographies. If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. History is the invention of historians. “History” is a Greek word which means, literally, just “investigation.”

Is the historian always trying to know what is truth?

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts. History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. What else can history teach us?

Is it possible to learn nothing from history?

“We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.” “We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.” “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”