Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.

He [Columbus] enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience.

Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.

A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view.

The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.

America was named after a man who discovered no part of the New World. History is like that, very chancy.

No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would not stoop to it.

Perhaps she wasn't ill at all in the end, but simply more revealed.

No man can outrun Logic or Time.

Art is based on order. The world is full of 'sloppy Bohemians' and their work betrays them.

Everyone knows French artist Claude Monet's "Water Lilies," which he painted in his garden. You find the images everywhere from galleries to dorm rooms and dentists' lounges.

I'm not a real crazy social butterfly - and once I realised that and I accepted it, I started to realise how many people weren't accepting of that.

When knowledge is missing all other attributes have no grooves in which to rest.

I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

Jaundice is the disease that your friends diagnose.