Stephanie Coontz

In my work as a historian and in my relationships as a friend, teacher, wife, and mother, I have come to think that the most useful way to understand the past and make it work for you is to look at the trade-offs and contradictions that, however deeply buried, can be uncovered in every memory, good or bad.

American Author

Penelope Lively

I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are.

English Author

Yuval Noah Harari

My main ambition as a historian is to figure out what's really happening in the world, instead of the fictions that humans have been creating for thousands of years in order to explain or control what's happening in the world.

Israeli Historian

Paul Johnson

At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.

British Journalist

Shinzo Abe

My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history. And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.

Japanese Statesman

F. Sionil Jose

Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.

Filipino Writer

Stacey Abrams

Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.

American Politician

Colson Whitehead

I'm not a teacher; I'm not a historian. I'm trying to create a world for my characters.

American Novelist

B. H. Liddell Hart

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

British Historian

Antoine Rivarol

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

French Journalist

Some historians write for general audiences, not just academics.

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Historians often provide insights into the culture and values of different times.

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Historians may specialize in a specific period, region, or theme.

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Being an authority in history often means having published significant research.

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Many historians have advanced degrees and may hold academic titles like Professor.

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Historians are often called upon to provide context for current events.

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 that was the past. We live now in a world of interdependence and globalization. It could never happen again." Guess what? The economic historians tell us that in fact, the time which we reached the greatest point of economic integration and globalization

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