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We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.


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Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.



People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.



Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.

Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.



History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.

History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.



Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Conclusions are not always pleasant.



There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.

There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.



Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.



I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.

I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.



The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.

The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.





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