History: The Agreed Lie

What Voltaire is saying in his quote is that history is what the leaders tell. Our leaders throw out all the dirty little details that could destroy what they have climbed the ladder to achieve. When you think about it, the government has hidden so much from us, yet we believe them. We agree on what they say is fact because they are in charge, and we cannot prove them wrong. There are people out there that have to believe in the lies of history, because they cannot handle the truth.