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History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History is philosophy learned from examples.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.