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I used to assume history and memory would always triumph over temporary aberrations and return to their rightful place. It now appears the opposite is true.

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China's censorship is not as rigorous as everyone thinks. The self-censorship of the authors is much worse.

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

Thomas Jefferson

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