"The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history"

"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"

"Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security"

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country"

"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"

"Distrust and caution are the parents of security"

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