I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

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

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

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.