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.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

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

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

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.