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History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
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.
History does not always repeat itself.
History does not always repeat itself.
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has read more
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once read more
The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.