George Santayana

On the same note, philosopher George Santayana is attributed to saying that those who do not study history are doomed to repeat history .

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat history .”

Santayana

Santayana famously observed that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and the celebration of the events in Philadelphia in the long, hot summer of 1776 shouldn’t obscure the opportunity to choose again what we could repeat — or not.

to philosophers George Santayana and Edmund Burke

Another old saw, “Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat history ,” is variously attributed to philosophers George Santayana and Edmund Burke.