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A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an indi

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough

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History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. – David McCullough

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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. – Douglas MacArthur

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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. – A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. – John Dewey, Characters and Events

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