"Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"History takes time. History makes memory"

"The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker"

"But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding"

"We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it"