<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The past can give us an identity, but only... > The past can give us an identity, but only conscious choice can give that identity a future. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The past can give us an identity, but only conscious choice can give that identity a future.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-past-give-identity-give-identity-future ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->