4+ John Lewis Gaddis Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best John Lewis Gaddis quotes and sayings.

It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail. — John Lewis Gaddis

I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them, because of the limited perspective you tend to get from being plunked down in some particular part of the past, and the danger of not getting back in time for your orals. — John Lewis Gaddis

Stalin’s postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order. — John Lewis Gaddis

Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it. — John Lewis Gaddis