Facts about Donald Kagan

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Donald Kagan is a famous Historian from USA.

Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Donald.

8 Famous quotes by Donald Kagan

Small: You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live
"You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live"
Small: History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story
"History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story"
Small: I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anyb
"I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a different place or a different time: What's the same and what's different?"
Small: From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of th
"From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me"
Small: Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born
"Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born"
Small: All comparisons between Americas current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire
"All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire"
Small: We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Ro
"We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics"
Small: Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and t
"Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and that it was in some way instructive. The profession of professor of history has taken it in a very different direction"