“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” – Aldous Huxley
“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.” – Harry S. Truman
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” – James Joyce, Ulysses
“There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.” – Stephen Colbert
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." –Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
– Thomas Jefferson
"I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens." – Woody Allen
"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality." – Socrates