A Quote by Howard Zinn

George Orwell said, "Whoever controls the past controls the future," by which he meant that history is incredibly important in shaping the world view of the next generation of people.

Howard Zinn

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Howard Zinn
American - Historian
August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010

Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the present determines how those same people will view the past." "He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.

George Orwell

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

Language matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.

Erica Jong

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.

Wilma Mankiller

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

George Orwell

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Henry A. Kissinger

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

Masayoshi Son

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

Wilma Mankiller

Who controls the present controls the past. There's a power structure, if you like, between the present and the past and the future, and that's what I'm interested in.

Romesh Gunesekera

I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.

George William Russell

I started boxing for exercise, and on the very first day, the trainer got in the ring with me and said, 'Whoever controls the breathing in the ring controls the fight.' I immediately passed out.

Garry Shandling

He who controls the past controls the future.

Laozi

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

George Clinton

Who controls the past now controls the future. Who controls the present now controls the past. Who controls the past now controls the future. Who controls the present now?