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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.