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How to use the word prologue in a Sentence?

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PAST IS PROLOGUE: This book was written observing the premise that the seeds of Holocaust denial take root and prosper with misinformation. Clarity and transparency are imperative, as they leave no room for denial theories that would deprive the victims justice, or rob the living of a future. Generations of historians have enthusiastically gone about their craft knowing full well that 'he who owns the past, owns the future'. Improperly documented history, or more precisely, fraudulent versions of history not only deprive the victims of pasts injustices due recognition of their suffering, but also rob the living of a fair chance at a future free from the dangers of repeating past injustices.

– A.E. Samaan

added by AlvaroSiman
1 year ago

I think what's past is prologue, i give people a lot of grace for disagreements on votes. It's not any one vote. It's just the body of work.

– Chip Roy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If past is prologue, they will not, they'll be muzzled, they'll be suppressed, they will be sidelined, because Donald Trump's looking at an election coming up, in less than 60 days, and Donald Trump's grasping for whatever Donald Trump can get to pretend Donald Trump has been a leader on this issue, when Donald Trump is not.

– Kamala Harris

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If past is prologue, the regime will always move aggressively forward when it senses American weakness and recoil when it sensed American strength.

– Mark Dubowitz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

A short film is even tougher in a way because it has to be a film. It has to be not something that is a prologue to a bigger work, it has to be contained in of itself, we all pulled together and we came up with these ideas ... and we shot five days straight. We also tried to make it a heightened ..., not biographical but reality-based with humor about ourselves.

– Martin Scorsese

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If he went out that tunnel, it was with an armed escort, most likely a mix of prison guards and his own people, if the past is prologue.

– Don Winslow

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The insurers don't compete the way they should and premiums are higher than they should be, if past is prologue, insurance consolidation is unlikely to lead to lower premiums. In fact the contrary is true.

– Leemore Dafny

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to Farce, or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

– James Madison

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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