History, by apprising (men) of the past, will enable them to judge of the future, it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations
History, by apprising (men) of the past, will enable them to judge of the future, it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes Letter to von Humboldt, 1813.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.... The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases.
History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny
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