Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

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.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.