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To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the read more
To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. Hamlet
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
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.