History
Visas were not generally necessary before World War I (1914–1918), but have since become standard, even while the initial fears of spying ceased with the end of the war.
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Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)
“A people without history
Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
Of timeless moments.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)