我們可以借古鑑今，但也可以自欺欺人，選擇性地援古證今，來正當化我們早已下決心要做的行為。
—瑪格蕾特．麥克米蘭（加拿大歷史學家）
“We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.”
—Margaret MacMillan, Canadian historian
