Famous quotes by Historians

"Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Early on the next morning, we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment"

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Historian

"Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe"

Iris Chang, Historian

"It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history"

Iris Chang, Historian

"I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances"

Iris Chang, Historian

"When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien"

Iris Chang, Historian

"There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America, even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?"

Iris Chang, Historian

"There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well"

Iris Chang, Historian

"It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest"

Iris Chang, Historian

"If the conditions were right, there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly"

Iris Chang, Historian

"A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control"

Iris Chang, Historian

"There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash"

Iris Chang, Historian

"The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out"

Iris Chang, Historian

"I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life"

Iris Chang, Historian

"There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance"

Arthur Helps, Historian

"The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome"

Arthur Helps, Historian

"The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege"

Arthur Helps, Historian

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