"It is the recognition of history as a record of human experience which has inevitably resulted in the inclusion of this conquest of civilization within the framework of a complete human history"

"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"

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

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"

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

"The family is the nucleus of civilization"

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos"

"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"