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I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to people. But there are blips. History doesn't proceed in a linear way.

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

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.

History is history. What is done is done.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.