“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Thomas Sowell on History and Society
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” Continue reading
Mogens Jallberg on Democracy Vs. Feudalism
“In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism it’s your count that votes.” Continue reading
Edward Gibbon on History
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” Continue reading
George Bernard Shaw on History
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” Continue reading
L. Frank Baum on Imagination
“Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.” Continue reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower on War
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Continue reading
Plato on Poetry
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Continue reading
John F. Kennedy on History
“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.” Continue reading
William Shakespeare on Honesty
“Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.” Continue reading
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