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It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be read more
It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.
While we read history we make history.
While we read history we make history.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.