It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.