History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.