I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

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.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

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

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

History is more or less bunk.

History is more or less bunk.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.