# Quote — Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed

> But what is history, Don Ferrante would often say, without politics? A guide who walks on and on with no one following to learn the road, so that his every step is wasted; just as politics without history is like a man who walks along without a guide.

- Author: [Alessandro Manzoni](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alessandro-manzoni.md)
- Book: [The Betrothed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alessandro-manzoni/the-betrothed.md)
- Page: 374
- Original (it): Ma cos'è mai la storia, diceva spesso don Ferrante, senza la politica? Una guida che cammina, cammina, con nessuno dietro che impari la strada, e per conseguenza butta via i suoi passi; come la politica senza la storia è uno che cammina senza guida.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alessandro-manzoni/the-betrothed/but-what-is-history

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