It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.