History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more

It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way read more

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.