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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more
It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.