To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is read more

The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of
furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little
more than the register of the crimes, and misfortunes of mankind.

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention read more

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.