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[SeXy ReDHeD]

Who the Hell said, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"?

And... if it is possible... what is the exact quote?

Oh yeah, and so this thread isn't a total waste of BB space, feel free to hijack it after me question is answered

Thx.

 

[Juliangel]

History?

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
--Santayana

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I don't know, but I do know it's been attributed to many people. Like Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you..." and other familiar phrases they are often paraphrases from someone else's speech. It's likely that this is the case here. It could be a paraphrase from Machiavelli's "The Prince" or Hegel's history that's been used so often that it's become part of the culture.

 

[Juliangel]

Here is the link to the page i got it from. He has some great quotes, this one is my favorite A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

http://www.chesco.com/~artman/santayana.html

Just put Santayana into the search bar of your browser and you can find many more.

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[SeXy ReDHeD]

Thanks guys!

 

[Magic Merlin]

Hijack Time!

Okay, here is what I want to know.


Juliangel? Do you prefer Julia? Juli? Or angel?

And which one is correct?


Enquiring minds want to know.

 

[Bushido71XS]

Personally, I like Napoleon's quote on History: " History is a set of lies agreed upon."

 

[Ezzy]

Dusting out the dim and distant corners of my mind

I thought it was one of the Greek Philosophers, either Plato or Socrates.


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[fmp]

history etc.....

In similar vein, who said: "History is not what happened, but what people are convinced must have happened"? A propos of the start of the American revolution/war of independence

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[RonG]

You could try "History is Bunk" - Henry Ford. Well said by a toadie of fascists and nazis.

 

[FlamingoBlue]

Fred Maxwell. Or was it Bernie Pevos??

Whoever said it was right on!!!

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