It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so read more

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

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.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

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

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

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.