Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.

What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.

I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history.

History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that.

Japan has opened a new chapter in its history.

If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.

When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.