A nation that forgets its past has no future

Sir Winston Churchill
About This Quote

This quote is deeply rooted in history. The passage is attributed to Edward Gibbon, an English historian who wrote the first volume of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." While it was published in 1776, the full quote (with context) dates back to about 1600.

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