But history is a faithless teller whose cruel recourse to hindsight makes fools of its actors.

Sejarah bukanlah apa yang terjadi. Sejarah hanyalah apa yang dituturkan sejarawan kepada kita.

Rakyat kami tidak takut mati. Lebih baik mati untuk kemerdekaan daripada hidup dalam kematian.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, a man is demoted to the lower animals.

The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.

Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs,Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.

The only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes.

Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis.

Aku sendiri tidak takut akan keselamatan diriku, tapi rakyatku yang selalu diliputi kekuatiran.

Mana kapal silam, mana kapal pendjeladjah kita? Padahal tanah air kita adalah negara kepulauan.

Throughout history, only a small number of people have done the serious thinking for everybody.

All of the great mastermind thinkers throughout history have known that we become our thoughts.

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.