You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

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

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

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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 past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.