History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or read more

The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything;
The world's a fine believing world, write news.

Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything;
The world's a fine believing world, write news.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.