Lies that we live by

Voltaire was a very wise man, and his quote says it all. "History is the lie commonly agreed on", could have many meanings but when he said this he intended it to show that what history is tought to be isnt nessisarrly true. Alot of what is in our textbooks today are altered by goverments to make thier counrty feel and look more powerful then any other. America never surrendering and being totally undefeted is a complete lie but is taught to kids cause the goverment thinks it wont make sense to them or to immature. but the fact of the matter is it happened. His quote explains the what everyone thinks is true about history isnt. but so many people believe it, it has become true.