Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.


The Bitter Heritage: Vietnam and American Democracy (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966) p. 91

Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.