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No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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.
It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory read more
It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
