“A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory.”
Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961) Defected Communist spy
Source: Cold Friday (1964), p. 40
“A nation is the sum of its memories, and when those memories are allowed to die, it is less of a nation.”
Source: From 'The Abolition of Britain' (1999), p.35
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