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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the pa

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Acton

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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

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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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I came, I saw, I conquered. – Julius Caesar

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The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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