It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.