Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902–1905. He was the UK's Foreign Secretary from 1916–1919. Arthur Balfour He is perhaps best known for the Balfour Doctrine of 1917, which stated that the British government believed the Jews should have a national homeland in the Middle East. That doctrine resulted in the birth of the state of Israel in 1948. But that's not what I wanted to talk about… You see, I happen to really like a quote he made. Chances are we've all heard the saying, "History repeats itself." Balfour disagreed. He said: History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other. This