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History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
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.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
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 something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.