Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way read more

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

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

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

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.