Author Profession

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

Profession : Historian

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the s , of a river; , the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action , a power that goes to making the future.

Profession : Historian

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion , publicity.

Profession : Historian

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Profession : Historian

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

Profession : Historian

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

Profession : Historian

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God , the damnation of infants.

Profession : Historian

Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won’t be got rid of.

Profession : Historian

Power corrupts, , absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Profession : Historian

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

Profession : Historian