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

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

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

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.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.