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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it be

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. – Carter G. Woodson

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The writing of histories – as Goethe once noted – is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past…. The writing of history liberates us from history. – Benedetto Croce, History as the Story of Liberty

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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts. – Henry A. Kissinger

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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. – George Orwell

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