The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

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.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.