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History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
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.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
