“There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.”

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American political satirist, writer, comedian, television h… 1964

Robert Maxwell Young (1935–2019) American medical historian

Robert M. Young, quoted in: Rebekah Hennes (2008), Breathe, p. 120

“Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Variant: Those who don't build must burn.
Source: Fahrenheit 451

“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”

William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943) American author, critic and scholar

“Few people remember good women. They don't forget bad girls.”

Joan Bennett (1910–1990) American actress

" "Be Good And Be Forgotten," Says Star https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48485193?searchTerm=joan+bennett+hiss" (1946)

“Those who forget their ancestors, betray the motherland or split the country will never come to a good end and will surely be spurned by the people and judged by history.”

Zhu Fenglian (1977)

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-says-it-will-hold-supporters-taiwans-independence-criminally-responsible-2021-11-05/ "China spurs Taiwan anger with criminal liability threat for independence supporters" in Reuters] (5 November 2021)