The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in authority. Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained ...

It is given to men ... to attack the rights of others, to take their property, to attempt the lives of those who defend their liberty, and to make of their virtues a crime and of their own vices a virtue; but there is one thing which is beyond the reach of perversity, and that is the tremendous verdict of history. History will judge us.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages-they haven't ended yet.

What is not recorded is not remembered.

History is a vast early warning system.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.