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.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just read more

We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.