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When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious. - Anato

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious. – Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

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Events in the past may roughly be divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. – W.R. Inge, Assessments and Anticipations

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With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. – Jon Meacham

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At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. – Roh Moo-hyun

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The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country

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