Quote of the day by Henry Ford — “The most important history is the history we make today” — is linked to a wider statement Ford made in a 1916 interview with the Chicago Tribune. Ford questioned the value of spending too much time looking at old traditions and events when people could act in the present. The quote is often presented in shorter forms, including “History is more or less bunk.” The full context shows that Ford was arguing for action, innovation and attention to current problems rather than simply repeating the methods of the past.
