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    Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

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The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

by Anon. Found in: History Quotes,
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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

by John Barth Found in: Heroism Quotes, 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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It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

by Samuel Butler Found in: History Quotes,
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

by Alexander Pope Found in: History Quotes, Wit Quotes,
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The dignity of history.

The dignity of history.

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History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

by Winston Churchill Found in: History Quotes,
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There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: History Quotes,
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What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: History Quotes,
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