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History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always read more
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.
The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
The historian sees backward. In the end he also believes backward.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
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.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in read more
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.
