History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

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.

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.

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.