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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.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
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.
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more
Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.
Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers read more
Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.