The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.

History, a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumor.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

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.