History Quote Generator

“ People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. ”

~Gilbert K. Chesterton

“ One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. ”

~Albert Schweitzer

“ History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ”

~Milton Friedman

“ And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. ”

~Lord Acton

“ Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. ”

~Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. ”

~Benjamin Disraeli