I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up read more

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something read more

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

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.