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Monuments Quotes

On what we build to remember.

These quotes look at monuments from several angles: one reflects soberly on the historical risk of the Holocaust being reduced to a distant memorial rather than remembered fully, while others describe Archaeological sites or call mountains nature's own monuments.

Delhi is fabulous - the roads, greenery, the monuments!

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.

Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

Quotes by Vicente Fox

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Absolve Quotes

I don't want a monument. We don't build monuments; we build God's Kingdom.

Quotes by Reinhard Bonnke

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?

Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Quotes by Lew Wallace

Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably house two Lincoln Memorials, two Washington Monuments, and two Jefferson Memorials - all six at once?

Quotes by Leon Krier

Against Quotes

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Quotes by Kin Hubbard

As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended...

Quotes by Karl Philipp Moritz

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

Quotes by Henry Waxman

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

Quotes by Grant Heslov

Monuments are for the living, not the dead.

Quotes by Frank Wedekind

Always Quotes

Nothing is worse than a Yankee telling a Southerner that his monuments don't matter.

Quotes by Corey Stewart

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

Quotes by Bruce Babbitt

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Holocaust-related quote in this collection say?
It makes a historical point that the real risk isn't forgetting the Holocaust, but reducing it to a formal memorial that lets people feel the lesson is settled — a sober, historical observation, not a present-day political statement.
Are all the quotes here about historical memorials?
No — alongside that historical reflection, other quotes describe monuments as testimony to human achievement, or use the word poetically for mountains and natural landmarks.
Is there a quote about a specific real monument?
Yes, one recalls walking past marble monuments inside Westminster Abbey, describing them as heavily ornamented tributes to admirals.
Do these quotes connect monuments to nature?
One line calls mountains "earth's undecaying monuments," framing natural landmarks as lasting the way built monuments are meant to.
Where can I find more quotes with an archaeological angle?
Check our Archaeological quotes collection for related material.

For more on standing firm despite hardship, see quotes that go Against the odds, or those written to be Always remembered.