History would be an excellent thing if only it were true.

Leo Tolstoy

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Kings are the slaves of history.

Leo Tolstoy

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The history books, which have almost completely ignored the contribution of the Negro in American history, have only served to intensify the Negroes' sense of worthlessness and to augment the anachronistic doctrine of white supremacy.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

Nelson Mandela

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The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

Nelson Mandela

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Let us never be unmindful of the terrible past from which we come.

Nelson Mandela

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