T. F. Tout quotes
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“The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.”
Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, 1957.
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”
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