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History
| Quote | Source | Page | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| A historians achievement consists in presenting the past in a new perspective of understanding. | Theory and History | p. 290 | History |
| Again and again, the early historians of capitalism have — one can hardly use a milder word — falsified history. | Economic Policy | p. 7 | History |
| Every action adds something to history, affects the course of future events, and is in this sense a historical fact. The most trivial performance of daily routine by dull people is no less a historical datum than is the most startling innovation of the genius. | Theory and History | p. 195 | History |
| Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world. | Omnipotent Government | p. 14 | History |
| History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future. | Human Action | p. 546; p. 549 | History |
| History in the broadest sense of the term is the totality of human experience. | The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science | p. 45 | History |
| History looks backward into the past, but the lesson it teaches concerns things to come. It does not teach indolent quietism; it rouses man to emulate the deeds of earlier generations. | Theory and History | p. 294 | History |
| History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems. | Epistemological Problems of Economics | p. xxiii | History |
| History should teach us to recognize causes and to understand driving forces; and when we understand everything, we will forgive everything. | Nation, State, and Economy | p. 2 | History |
| History speaks only to those people who know how to interpret it. | Human Action | p. 859; p. 863 | History |