Here are the observations of historians and others on the utility and practice of history and the nature of historians. Read them carefully and decide which ones best express your understanding of history and the writing of it. See if you can add a brief assessment of your own.
History is bunk.
Henry Ford 2. The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice. Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child.