Prison/history

Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or history:

    People have passed through a very dark tunnel at the end of which there was a light of freedom. Unexpectedly they passed through the prison gates and found themselves in a square. They are now free and they don’t know where to go.
    Václav Havel (b. 1936)

    A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)