Mubarak Ali: Quotes about history

Mubarak Ali is Historian, activist, scholar. Explore interesting quotes on history.

Mubarak Ali: 24 quotes0 likes

“If history remains neutral and does not condemn and declare such acts as immoral, it would fail to create any consciousness about these evil deeds.”

Dimensions of History, Chapter: The judgment of History, p. 77
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“History is a repository of human experiences and one can not only understand the present by studying history but also find solutions to its problems as well. However, historians sometimes present a very pessimistic view of life whereas at other times, they inspire dejected and disillusioned people to struggle for survival.”

Dimensions of History, Chapter: Challenge and response, p. 56
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“In our society, we don not study history to understand the process of change but just to entertain ourselves with past events. For this reason, history is not regarded as a useful subject. The history that we teach in our educational institutions is political history and, as such, it is used by the ruling classes.”

In the Shadow of History, Chapter: Why should we study History? p. 4
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“History is a powerful subject which can be used to create a true historical consciousness. Unfortunately, it can also he misused and we often sec how politician distort it to whip up the emotion of people in older to achieve their political agenda. As they have a large following their version of history becomes popular among their followers. If not corrected the falsification of history is accepted as the absolute truth. This reaise the question whether historians should challenge the popular emotions of the people and correct historical facts or keep silent and let the falsification go on unchecked.”

What History Tells Us, Chapter: Task of the Historian, p. 25
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“History records that those who ruled with an iron hand and implemented oppressive and draconian laws, in the end failed to keep their power. People can endure suppression up to certain limit and a certain period of time; after that they rebel to get rid of callous rulers.”

What History Tells Us, p. 8
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“History is full of the accounts of those who imposed their absolute power against popular will.”

What History Tells Us, p. 8
History, What History Tells Us