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History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
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.
We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the read more
We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once read more
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.
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.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.