Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

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

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

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons read more

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.