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HISTORY: The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or un-indebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. (Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher and science professor, 1902-1994)

HISTORY: There is no one “history.” Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past. (Unknown source)

HISTORY: There is no shame in accepting the mistakes of oneï¿½s country; the shame lies in concealing the mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in. (Tony Angastiniotis, Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966)

HISTORY: A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the ï¿½truth.ï¿½ (Mao Zedong, Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the People's Republic of China, 1893-1976)

HISTORY: The struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. (Mian Kundera, Czech-born French writer, Born 1829)

HISTORY: There is no shame in accepting oneï¿½s mistakes; the shame is in concealing oneï¿½s mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in. (Tony Angastiniotis, Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966)

HISTORY: The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or un-indebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. (Unknown source)

HISTORY: Study the past if you divine the future. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: There is no one history. Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: What is history but a fable agreed upon? (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: It is a sad world that exists only in the present, unaware of the long procession that brought us here. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: History is often overly informed by memory rather than by assessing the facts, telling the story, and rendering a judgment. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened. (Unknown Source)

HISTORY: What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader, 1769-1821Pedestal: A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. (Gloria Steinem, U.S. feminist, social and political activist, Born 1934Offensiveness: Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. (Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1596-1650Self-actualization: if one is to be ultimately at peace with himself . . . what he can be, he must be. (Abraham Maslow, U.S. psychologist and professor, 1908-1970)

HISTORY: History is a novel whose author is the people. (Alfred de Vigny, French poet, playwright, and novelist, 1797-1863)

HISTORY: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana, U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, 1863-1952)

HISTORY: History is written by the victors. (Walter Benjamin, German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist, 1892-1940)

HISTORY: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855)

HISTORY: There is no shame in accepting one's mistakes; the shame is in concealing one's mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in. (Tony Angastiniotis, Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966)

HISTORY: History is written by the victors. (Winston Churchill, British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY: Study the past if you divine the future. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

HISTORY: A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the 'truth.' (Mao Zedong, Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the People's Republic of China, 1893-1976)

HISTORY: History is often overly informed by memory rather than by assessing the facts, telling the story, and rendering a judgment. (Shelby Foote, U.S. historian and novelist who wrote a three-volume history of the American Civil War, 1916-205)

HISTORY: Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened. (Gerald White Johnson, U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980)

HISTORY: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see. (Winston Churchill, British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY: There is no one history. Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past. (Unknown source)

HISTORY: History doesn't always repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. (Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

HISTORY: What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

HISTORY: History is a novel whose author is the people. (Alfred de Vigny, French poet, playwright, and novelist, 1797-1863)

HISTORY: Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. (Marcus Aurelius, Roman philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors, 121-180 AD)

HISTORY: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. (Winston Churchill, British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY: History is a pack of lies we play on the dead. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

HISTORY: The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear. (Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HISTORY: The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. (Ernest Dimnet, French priest, writer, and lecturer, 1866-1954)

HISTORY: Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up. (Proverb)