"Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history." ― Robert Anton Wilson Topic(s): History More From Robert Anton Wilson "Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil." "When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity." "The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization." More In History "But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won’t. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place."― Dan Rather "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."― Virginia Woolf "Most of us get our history through story."― Yann Martel