History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers read more

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

History is more or less bunk.

History is more or less bunk.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.