Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Allan Nevins

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American historian Allan Nevins.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Joseph Allan Nevins was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, as well as his public service. He was a leading exponent of business history and oral history.

American - Historian | May 20, 1890 - March 5, 1971

Source: Wikipedia

History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position.

Allan Nevins

History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army.

Allan Nevins

If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all works of art, it fails of the highest truth unless imagination and ideas are mixed with the paints.

Allan Nevins

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Allan Nevins

Related Authors