"An important part of what the state does is preserving its history"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"