Marcelle Vanlith: it's Henry Ford first off. he meant that history is changed when he made the "V" engines instead of straight engines. and a plethora of other as well.
Jess Grizzel: That's a common misquote. What Henry Ford actually said was:"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today." When you look at this full quote, his meaning is clear....Show more
Riley Migl: Well DaChicke's answer is correct in so much as reprinting the whole quote BUT it hardly clarifies matters. Despite being 'Sainted' by Modern Folks, ole Henry Ford was a 'crank,' a strange perverse person who loved to contradict just about everyone around him. That said, though, Henry had a point - - - history is not a dry recording of facts & stats but as it is written it is a matter of interpretation & point of view, few people know little more than the 's! ound bites,' the headlines, and as such history is bunk! At the time Ford was quoted it was accepted that ; 'blacks' were inferior, the wave of European immigrants washing over the America's were 'rescuing' the region from the barbarism of a primitive backward people, etc & etc. In other words history is constantly being rewritten and often reinterpreted therefore, yes it is 'bunk,' b-s, crapola. Peace//////////////////\\\\\\\\\...Show more
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