War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

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.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?