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 belongs to the winner.

History belongs to the winner.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

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.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more

One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

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

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