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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the read more
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.
I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I
think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to read more
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.