"If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind"

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

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

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"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"

"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"

"It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do"

"Music is the universal language of mankind"

"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"

"The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind"

"We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it"