Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

WHO: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher. He was born in 1770 and he died at the age of 61 in 1831.  

WHERE: This quote comes from the introduction of Philosophy of History.

WHEN: Philosophy of History (originaly published in 1837) is actually a set of Hegel's readings and multiple notes taken from his students.

Related Author: Aristotle

Benjamin Disraeli

"A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy"

Benjamin Disraeli

WHO:  Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) Known as a dandy, a novelist, a brilliant debator and England's first and only Jewish prime minister, Disraeli (Earl of Beaconfield) is best remembered for bringing India and the Suez Canal under control of the crown.

WHERE: This quote comes from the Speech in the House of Commons.

WHEN: Benjamin Disraeli said this in 1845 (Mar. 3,).