Collective Memory Quotes

"History is the memory of states" "Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future." "Our eulogies live on in the memories of others and touch them and they in turn touch others" "The eyes of the nation are upon us. We are the stewards of its resources. We shall be remembered in spite of ourselves." "Every image of the past that is not recognized by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably" "Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?"