Lilian Matulin

“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate the very same events. You cannot.”
― Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“No matter how good a President you are, if the historian is hostile to you, he will emphasize your errors and break down your merits... without departing from the facts.”
― Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“There is a great similarity between legal evidence and historical evidence. The only difference lies in the fact that in legal evidence it is the judge who determines whether the account of a witness is acceptable or not... The historian is prosecuting attorney and defense attorney and the judge all rolled into one, and he is the narrator and the interpreter.”
― Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“I am not stamped by the majority. The herd may go anywhere I will not go with them.”
― Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo