It is because modern education...

"It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the past rather than the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young." -Bertrand Russell

Do not fear to be eccentric...

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." -Bertrand Russell

History can be compared to...

"History can be compared to an endless waltz. War, peace, and revolution repeat itself like the triple time in a waltz..." -Gundam Wing