In a certain sense all men are historians.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.