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.

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.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.