I study history in order to give an interpretation.
You have to look at history as an evolution of society.
One age cannot be completely understood if all the others are not understood. The song of history can only be sung as a whole.
Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.
History is too serious to be left to historians.
Does the business have a consistent operating history?
History ... isn't simply what has happened. It's a judgment on what has happened.
Having worked on 'The Hour,' I now feel like I spend my whole time interrogating history.
Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for yes, to me, such a thing exists, and history indeed proves it.
A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.
