Quote by Alex Haley
History is written by the winners. - Alex Haley

History is written by the winners. – Alex Haley

Other quotes by Alex Haley

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. – Alex Haley

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Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. – Alex Haley

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Society
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In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. – Alex Haley

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Family
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History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another. – Jacob Burckhardt

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History

One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, – to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to collect sagas and heap cairns. This instinct as to the enduring value of the past is, one might say, the very basis of civilization. – John Jay Chapman, Memories and Milestones

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History

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. – Winston Churchill

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History

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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History

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But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating. – Linda McCartney

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The two words information and communication are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out communication is getting through. – Sydney J. Harris

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Andrew Woods death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that. – Layne Staley

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