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[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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Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. – Arnold J. Toynbee

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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. – Carter G. Woodson

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. – Salman Rushdie

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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. – Karl Marx

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