Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a read more

A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.

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

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