We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or read more

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

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.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.