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[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

by Adm James Stockdale Found in: History Quotes,
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It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

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All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

by Oliver North Found in: History Quotes,
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

by Samuel Butler Found in: History Quotes,
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History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: History Quotes,
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History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

by George Santayana Found in: History Quotes,
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History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

by A.j.p. Taylor Found in: History Quotes,
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the read more

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

by Gen Douglas Macarthur Found in: History Quotes,
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