"In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas"

"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"

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace"

"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"

"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy"

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

"History takes time. History makes memory"