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 have no history but the length of my bones.

I have no history but the length of my bones.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause read more

For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.

History is a vast early warning system.

History is a vast early warning system.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

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.