Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us all forward.

Quote by Jon Meacham

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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.

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English...

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English...

History is a conflict of two moral types - the predatory and the constructive -...

History is a conflict of two moral types - the predatory and the constructive -...

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but...

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too...

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too...

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in...

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...