Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.