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Quote by John Acton
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Acton

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John Acton
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Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. – African Proverb

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I think the materialist conception of history is valid. – Christopher Hitchens

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Radical historians now tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey. – Mason Cooley

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Events in the past may roughly be divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. – W.R. Inge, Assessments and Anticipations

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