3 Herbert Fisher Quotes on History

Herbert Fisher quotes on history

1. All political decisions are taken under great pressure, and if a treaty serves its turn for ten or twenty years, the wisdom of its framers is sufficiently confirmed.

3. I can see ... only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.

   Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

4. Purity of race does not exist. Europe is a continent of energetic mongrels.

   Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.