history Quotes

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

The Marine Corps is the Navy’s police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin’s.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

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

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.