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The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.
With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
All history, of course, is the history of wars.
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 have no history but the length of my bones.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
