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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.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a read more
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
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.
History is a confused heap of facts.
History is a confused heap of facts.
