Generations Quote by Howard Zinn

“Who controls the past controls the future.”

— George Orwell

He who controls the past controls the future.

— Laozi

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

— George Orwell

“Who controls the past,” ran the Party slogan, “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”

— George Orwell

He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.

— Anonymous

“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”

— George Orwell

“History can never give us exact knowledge of what will happen in the future: rather, it shows us that our ability to prepare ourselves…

— Henning Mankell

“History, by apprising [the people] of the past, will enable them to judge of the future.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent,…

— Milan Kundera

“Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future then can…

— Keith Tonkin

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

— George Orwell

“You can't change the past, only your perception of it; but you can control the future.”

— steven redhead