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Albert Bushnell Hart

"In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world."

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"In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world."

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"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

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"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

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"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

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"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

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"An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong."

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"Even though the world hails Joan of Arc as some sort of hero, which she undoubtedly was, what pains me the most is that her pathological condition ultimately led to her demise at the age of only nineteen."

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