As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to read more

History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they
have exhausted all other alternatives.