"A people’s memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better." ~~ Isaac Peretz
"History is the study of other people’s mistakes." ~~ Phillip Guedalla
"Our Holy Scriptures are not only a religious book, but the foundation of our literature, our language and our history, and the sole source of them." ~~ Rav Tza’ir
"Draw from the past, live in the present, work for the future!" ~~ Abraham Geiger
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"We have guarded the Book for thousands of years and it has guarded us." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"All ancient people praised the Golden Era of the past. Only the Jews tell wonders of the golden Era still to come." ~~ Joseph Klausner
"Of all the evils of our generation, I do not know one that obstructs the moral development of mankind more than the Press." ~~ David Frishman
"I have pitched my tent on these ancient hills and my desire is to tie together the ends of the thread that history broke." ~~ Reubin Rubin
"The philosophy of a nation is to be found in its proverbs at times. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"History has no time to be just…She keeps her eyes fixed on the victorious, and leaves the vanquished in the shadows." ~~ Stefan Zweig
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past." ~~ Baruch Spinoza
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