historical record

Noun

Meaning

writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

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In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record. Barbara Tuchman

The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war. Robert Gilpin

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully. Paul Farmer

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record. John Shelton Reed

At least since 1947, the historical record seems to support a simple conclusion: If you want the American economy to grow, you ought to put a Democrat in the Oval Office. Cass Sunstein

If you're playing the a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to. Colm Meaney

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