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

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

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

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.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.