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I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in wom

I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in womens history. – Antonia Fraser

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My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in womens education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor. – Antonia Fraser

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Education
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I think theres a tremendous split between people whove been through a war and people who havent. – Antonia Fraser

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The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. – Nikita Khrushchev

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We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. – Jose Ortega y Gasset

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History

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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History

The Jews greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! Were a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. – Shimon Peres

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