An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

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We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times,...

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times,...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.

I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.

History is philosophy teaching by example.

History is philosophy teaching by example.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

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.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs...

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs...

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or...

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or...

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century...

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century...

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow...

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow...