Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a... →
James Madison
After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and... →
Michael Mandelbaum
Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.
Hilary Mantel
My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy... →
Richard M. Nixon
I am not very moved by historical apologies.
Tom Paulin
All societies are historical.
Raymond Queneau
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical... →
Ferdinand de Saussure
The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic.
Philip Schaff
Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.
Michael Shermer
I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
Karin Slaughter