The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

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

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

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.

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers read more

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.