"In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny"

"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free"

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

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

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

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"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"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"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"

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free"