The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

History belongs to the winner.

History belongs to the winner.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they read more

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.