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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.
One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.