Who said, "Those who fail to study history are condemned to relive it?"?

Answer 1

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.
John Thorn

Answer 2

George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, he was raised and educated in the United States, invariably wrote in English and is considered an American man of letters.

He is perhaps best known for his oft-quoted "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" from Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of his The Life of Reason.

Answer 3

Close. The real quote is
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." From George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Answer 4

This saying appears in many different forms, but the earliest version
is probably that of the poet and philosopher George Santayana: "Those
who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

"Notable Quotations from George Santayana
'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'
Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense, Scribner's, 1905, page 284"

Answer 5

George Santayana

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 7

Actually, it is:
'Those who fail to study history are condemned to repeat it.'

That one word alters the meaning slightly by significantly, don't you think?

Answer 8

Henry Ford

Answer 9

Every history teacher I ever had!

Answer 10

Um...Shakespeare?