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


-Napoleon Bonaparte

posted in history


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

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Women are nothing but machines for producing children."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

womenView Quote
"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

wisdomView Quote
"War is the business of barbarians."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

warView Quote
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

warView Quote
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

warView Quote
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

timeView Quote

More Quotes About history

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers."

-Carlos Fuentes

historyView Quote
"If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society."

-Strom Thurmond

historyView Quote
"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats."

-Harry Browne

historyView Quote
"There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations."

-Claude Vorilhon

historyView Quote
"This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?"

-Azar Nafisi

historyView Quote
"What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history."

-Barney Frank

historyView Quote