History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history - while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance - might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth.

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History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history - while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance - might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth.

-- Howard Zinn

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History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.

-- Howard Zinn

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