"Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history"

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"

"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"

"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy"

"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 philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next"

"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"

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