The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

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.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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.

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.