Churchill was paraphrasing George Santayana, and leaving off most of the original. The author of the article we're commenting on included the original quote. Th

Churchill was paraphrasing George Santayana, and leaving off most of the original. The author of the article we're commenting on included the original quote. The context seems relevant here: Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana