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There is no life that does not contribute to history.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Happy is the nation without a history.
Happy is the nation without a history.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, read more
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.