History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something read more

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

History is a confused heap of facts.

History is a confused heap of facts.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.