“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty.”
Abraham Lincoln
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History Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · HISTORY
History Quotes
Read the best history quotes on the past, memory and lessons for the future from Cicero, Herodotus, Thucydides, Kalhana, Ibn Khaldun, Lincoln, Nehru and more.
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge.”
Jawaharlal Nehru
IndiaIndependence
“To cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil, that the strong should not harm the weak.”
Hammurabi
Ancient LawJustice
“The slaughter, death and deportation of the people is extremely grievous to the Beloved of the Gods, and weighs heavily on his mind.”
Emperor Ashoka
RegretPeace
“Rejoice, we conquer!”
Pheidippides
VictoryAncient Greece
“Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”
Simonides
SacrificeAncient Greece
“Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.”
Alcaeus
CourageDefence
“Another such victory over the Romans and we are utterly undone.”
Pyrrhus of Epirus
VictoryCost Of War
“Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.”
Julius Caesar
ReputationAncient Rome
“I will not be triumphed over.”
Cleopatra
PrideAncient Egypt
“What an artist dies with me!”
Nero
Last WordsAncient Rome
“Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!”
Augustus
DefeatAncient Rome
“Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you.”
Roman Gladiators (as recorded by Suetonius)
Ancient RomeFamous Lines
“Thus passes the glory of the world.”
Latin Saying
ImpermanenceGlory
“Nothing in excess.”
Inscription at Delphi
ModerationAncient Greece
“To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice.”
Magna Carta
JusticeRights
“I think, therefore I am.”
Rene Descartes
PhilosophyFamous Lines
“After us, the deluge.”
Madame de Pompadour
FranceFamous Lines
“The sun never sets on the British Empire.”
Popular Saying
EmpiresBritain
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”
Motto of the French Revolution
RevolutionFreedom
“No taxation without representation.”
American Revolutionary Slogan
RightsRevolution
“Out of many, one.”
Great Seal of the United States
UnityMottos
“In God We Trust.”
United States National Motto
FaithMottos
“Workers of the world, unite!”
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
WorkersFamous Lines
“Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
Attributed to William Prescott, Battle of Bunker Hill
WarFamous Lines