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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
