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.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 read more

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

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

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

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

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.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.