Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.

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

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

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.