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Quote by Edmund Burke
People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backwa

People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. – Edmund Burke

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If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. Thats the whole point. The gloaming has begun. Were in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history. – Thom Yorke

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Thats history. I say history because it happened in the past. – Murray Walker

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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. – Vladimir Putin

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