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I think many people simply feel like they don't recognize their country anymore.

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

I think it's really important for me not to forget where I came from.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an American citizen, bang, off goes the tap, and no more information is collected.

An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.

I haven't forgotten where I came from.

We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture.