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> [“Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future then can only be made better by knowledge of the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-tonkin/without-a-good-understanding-of-history-how-can-we-make-informed-and/)

Keith Tonkin

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## More by Keith Tonkin

> [“Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future then can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-tonkin/without-a-good-understanding-of-history-how-can-we-make-informed-and/)

Keith Tonkin

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