“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.” Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Robert E. Lee on War
“It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson on Dreams and History
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Continue reading
Winston Churchill on Democracy
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” Continue reading
Charles De Gaulle on History
“I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Future
“The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.” Continue reading
King Solomon on Value
“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.” Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson on Liberty
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Continue reading
Sir William Preece on the Telephone
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” Continue reading
Napoleon Bonaparte on History
“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” Continue reading
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