There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.
We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past its own biased vision.
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.