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 a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had read more

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.

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.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.