““If you don't recognize your own crimes, there's no impediment to continuing them. There's a pretty dramatic example of that right at this moment. This happens to be the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's decision to launch the war against South Vietnam. Forgetting the fiftieth anniversary of the launching of one of the major atrocities in post-Second World War history is pretty severe. But almost nobody has noticed it. I don't think we'll hear a word about it. And, yes, that opens the way to further aggression.””
![“I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two months later and I assumed by then, "of course, everybody knows." Nobody knew. There was a news report in the Wall Street Journal, in the petroleum journals, and…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc5/noam-chomsky-42_articles_i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-land_13341.jpg)
![“I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.” quote by Khaled Mashal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b58/khaled-mashal-15178_apologizing_i-say-to-the-european-countries-hurry-up_933631.jpg)
![“This is taking [photos] from everybody - the entire collective memory of what the Earth looks like - and linking all of that together.” quote by Blaise Aguera y Arcas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf8/blaise-aguera-y-arcas-79881_collective-memory_this-is-taking-photos-from-everybody-the_2332250.jpg)