The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.

Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.

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.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

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.