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.

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair read more

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.