I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the read more

Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

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

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

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined read more

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.