No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have read more

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

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

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

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.