History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

The entire so-called history of the world is nothing but the creation of man through human labor.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.

An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.

History belongs above all to the man... who needs models, teachers, comforters and cannot find them among his contemporaries.