[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the ima
[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead – and so the imagination of the living. – William Carlos Williams

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History is the devils scripture. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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The writing of histories – as Goethe once noted – is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past…. The writing of history liberates us from history. – Benedetto Croce, History as the Story of Liberty

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In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself. – Ken Kesey

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