The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.

All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.

History is the memory of things said and done.

No class of Americans, so far as I know, has ever objected . . . to any amount of governmental meddling if it appeared to benefit that particular class.

History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor.

To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.

Corporations have at different times been so far unable to distinguish freedom of speech from freedom of lying that their freedom has to be curbed.

Men are like dogs, " Stacy was fond of saying. And she usually went on to add that, like dogs, they all took up too much space on the bed, and they always went for the crotch.

Increase calls for review, check-up, control, and analysis.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

Fate is what Heaven imparts.

Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.

A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.

Some people are immune to good advice.

Nothing remains but desire, and desire comes howling down Elysian Fields like a mistral.