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The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more
We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
