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Quote by Ted Koppel
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. – Ted Koppel

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This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that. – John Perkins

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History

The upward course of a nations history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. – Queen Elizabeth II

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History

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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History

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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