The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. Use this quote
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. Use this quote
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. Use this quote
I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term. Use this quote
I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history. Use this quote
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. Use this quote
If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history. Use this quote
Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. Use this quote
Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in. Use this quote
He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. Use this quote
For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. Use this quote
I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. Use this quote
No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the Iraq war. Use this quote
A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. Use this quote
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Use this quote
I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not. Use this quote
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. Use this quote
The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. Use this quote
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. Use this quote
I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct. Use this quote