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Happy is the nation without a history.
Happy is the nation without a history.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
History is the devil's scripture.
History is the devil's scripture.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.