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Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too nea

Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth. – Walter Raleigh, History of the World

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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Table – Talk

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Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. – Margaret Mead

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Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

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When history is erased, peoples moral values are also erased. – Ma Jian

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