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Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.

Explore diverse views on history from notable figures throughout the ages. Reflect on the importance of learning from the past to shape a better future. Dive into the complexities of historical interpretations and the impact of collective memory. Discover how history shapes our present and influences our future decisions.

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Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.

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  1. Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past. George Orwell Compiled by Jim Lerch

  2. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Compiled by Jim Lerch

  3. We learn from history that we do not learn from history. Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel Compiled by Jim Lerch

  4. We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. George Bernard Shaw Compiled by Jim Lerch

  5. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Aldous Huxley Compiled by Jim Lerch

  6. The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves. James A. Garfield Compiled by Jim Lerch

  7. History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history. Clarence Darrow Compiled by Jim Lerch

  8. History repeats itself, says the proverb, but that is precisely what it never really does. It is the historians (of a sort) who repeat themselves. Clement F. Rogers Compiled by Jim Lerch

  9. It was that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history. John Toland Compiled by Jim Lerch

  10. We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. John F. Kennedy Compiled by Jim Lerch

  11. I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today. Henry Ford Compiled by Jim Lerch

  12. A lot of guys have had a lot of fun joking about Henry Ford because he admitted one time that he didn't know history. He don't know it, but history will know him. He has made more history than his critics ever read. Will Rogers Compiled by Jim Lerch

  13. History is a set of lies agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte Compiled by Jim Lerch

  14. History, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Ambrose Bierce Compiled by Jim Lerch

  15. History is written by the winners. George Orwell Compiled by Jim Lerch

  16. History is the propaganda of the victors. Ernst Toller Compiled by Jim Lerch

  17. The past has always been the handmaid of authority. J. H. Plumb Compiled by Jim Lerch

  18. It is the essence of the poor that they do not appear in history. Anonymous Compiled by Jim Lerch

  19. History must be written of, by and for the survivors. Anonymous Compiled by Jim Lerch

  20. History is too much about wars; biography too much about great men. Virginia Woolf Compiled by Jim Lerch

  21. History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. Etienne Gilson Compiled by Jim Lerch

  22. History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. Leo Tolstoy Compiled by Jim Lerch

  23. There is no history, only histories. Karl Popper Compiled by Jim Lerch

  24. History does nothing, possesses no enormous wealth, fights no battles. It is rather man, the real, living man, who does everything, possesses, fights. It is not History, as if she were a person apart, who uses men as a means to work out her pursuing their purposes. Karl Marx Compiled by Jim Lerch

  25. History, facts and truth are all Divine Products, and must prevail. Charles A. Briggs Compiled by Jim Lerch

  26. History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. Konrad Adenauer Compiled by Jim Lerch

  27. The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. Eric Hoffer Compiled by Jim Lerch

  28. History is not a catalogue but a convincing version of events. A. J. P. Taylor Compiled by Jim Lerch

  29. History is a vast early warning system Norman Cousins Compiled by Jim Lerch

  30. Historians have powerful imaginations, which are essential and dangerous. Robert Stinson Compiled by Jim Lerch

  31. The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. Jessamyn West Compiled by Jim Lerch

  32. I often think it odd that it [history] should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention. Catherine Morland Compiled by Jim Lerch

  33. A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it. Mark Twain Compiled by Jim Lerch

  34. History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. Anatole France Compiled by Jim Lerch

  35. History would be a wonderful thing — if it were only true. Leo Tolstoy Compiled by Jim Lerch

  36. The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation. John Hope Franklin Compiled by Jim Lerch

  37. It should be known that history is a discipline that has a great number of approaches. Ibn Khaldun Compiled by Jim Lerch

  38. The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that ... women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. Louise Otto Compiled by Jim Lerch

  39. As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. Walt Whitman Compiled by Jim Lerch

  40. If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history. Pierre Bayle Compiled by Jim Lerch

  41. Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound under-standing of human existence — not detachment and objectivity. Friedrich Nietzsche Compiled by Jim Lerch

  42. The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. Mark Twain Compiled by Jim Lerch

  43. Men ever praise the olden time and find fault with the present … they laud all they remember to have seen in their youth. Their opinion is generally erroneous … We never know the whole truth about the past. Nicólo Machiavelli Compiled by Jim Lerch

  44. The main thing is make history, not to write it. Otto von Bismarck Compiled by Jim Lerch

  45. Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it. Oscar Wilde Compiled by Jim Lerch

  46. The “good old days” were never all that good. John C. Olbrich (Mr. Strickland’s Great Grandfather) Compiled by Jim Lerch

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