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Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.