• "Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this thing happen precisely this way?' If the answer is yes, then it's history if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it's historical drama." - Tony Kushner Tweet
• "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them." - James A. Baldwin Tweet
• "The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness." - Jon Meacham Tweet
• "History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right." - George H. W. Bush Tweet
• "Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds." - Benjamin Disraeli Tweet
• "The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down." - A. Whitney Brown Tweet
• "America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system." - Henry Louis Gates Tweet
• "Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it." - Prince Charles Tweet
• "Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word." - Mason Cooley Tweet
• "The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me." - Lyndon B. Johnson Tweet