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

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

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

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.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

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.