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All history, of course, is the history of wars.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
