The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.