History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

History is past politics; and politics present history.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to read more

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

History: A distillation of rumor.

History: A distillation of rumor.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.