"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people."

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"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

History, Symbolism, Patriotism, Emotion

"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

History, Memory, Study, Truth

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

History, Truth, Opposition, Change

"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Adolf Hitler! Ken, it makes me furious. Forty million people die to defeat that megalomaniac, and he's the star of the first broadcast to another civilization? He's representing us. And them. It's that madman's dream come true."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

History, War, Hatred, Madness

"We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

History, Past, Life, Repetition

"How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow."

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"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

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"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

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"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."

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"I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage."

Life

"All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them."

Life

"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."

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"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

"Adolf Hitler! Ken, it makes me furious. Forty million people die to defeat that megalomaniac, and he's the star of the first broadcast to another civilization? He's representing us. And them. It's that madman's dream come true."

"We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed."

"How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

"Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations."

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"It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow."

"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."

"I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage."

"It simply is not true that war never settles anything."

"To some lawyers, all facts are created equal."

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"All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them."

"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."