We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

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

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

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.".

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.