The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

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

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

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.