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Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it read more
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the read more
In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and read more
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
