History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

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.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.