History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

And read their history in a nation's eyes.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

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.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons read more

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

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.