Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me read more

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.

One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.