Quotes-Critical Reflection 11

“If you don’t know important things about history, then it’s as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, then you will believe anything that is told to you by somebody in authority and you no way of checking up on it.” (pg.69)

“So, I decided very early that everybody who does history does it form a point of view and selects the facts from a point of view, taht you can’t talk about something being a pure face, because as soon as a fact is presented it is no longer purely a fact.” (pg. 72)

“So doing history is all a matter of selection and deciding what is important; and you decide what is important, really, on the basis of your present concerns.” (pg.76)