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Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what

Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape – into time. – A.L. Rowse, The Use of History

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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history. – William Hague

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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. – Leo Tolstoy

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History is written by the winners. – Alex Haley

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