The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

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.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.