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No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it. – Alfred North Whitehead

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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. – W. H. Auden

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Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. – Norman Mailer

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Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies history has no place for them. – Norodom Sihanouk

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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling Stop! – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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