Marc Bloch Quotes

For in the last analysis it is human consciousness which is the subject matter of history.

Marc Bloch

History

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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.

Felicia Day
- America
- History
- Fact
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Good
- American
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

Karl Marx
- Great
- History
- Progress
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.

Barbara Kruger
- Book
- History
- Think
Emotions come first, and in the most direct sense: you first have an emotion and then have a feeling. But also first in the history of the human race, for the ability to have emotions long preceded the ability to have feelings.

Ian Hacking
- Long
- History
- Feeling
As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- History
- Always
- English