Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

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.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something read more

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

A land without ruins is a land without memories--a land without memories is a land without history.

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.