In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more

In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

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.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.