History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

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.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it