Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands read more

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.