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We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
In a certain sense all men are historians.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
