History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

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

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

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the read more

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.