History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"The records of the past were constantly being rewritten to match the present narrative"
Winston Smith
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"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings."
Scout Finch
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"The past is to be kept behind us."
Mustapha Mond
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"The paperwork is an old-fashioned thing, a relic of the past."
Winston Smith
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"History will forget us because we never mattered to begin with."
Chief Bromden
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"It goes a long way back, I guess"
Billy Pilgrim
O
"The Party controls all records, and we routinely alter them to match the current narrative."
O'Brien
M
"You like Nixon? Benito? Hitler?"
Mustapha Mond
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"In the past you could only be quiescent in the epoch of stability"
Mustapha Mond
M
"Wheels are always out of gear in a catastrophe."
Mustapha Mond
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"It is our duty to the past as well as to the future."
Winston Smith
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"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."
Marlow
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"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"
Marlow
M
"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"
Marlow
M
"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."
Marlow
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"History teaches us that evil must be confronted."
Van Helsing
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"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."
Marlow
M
"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"
Marlow
M
"The past enveloped the land in shadows"
Marlow
M
"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"
Marlow
M
"Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world"
Marlow
V
"History repeats itself for those who ignore it."
Van Helsing
M
"Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world."
Marlow
M
"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."
Marlow
J
"The past is always with us."
Jonathan Harker
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"None of you remember the old days before the rebellion"
Squealer
R
"History isn't easy to overcome. Neither is shame."
Rahim Khan
J
"The past shall not be forgotten"
Jonathan Harker
J
"The past returns to haunt us"
Jonathan Harker
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"History repeats itself to those who ignore its lessons."
Van Helsing