Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. Benjamin Disraeli
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. Lyndon B. Johnson
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. Dick Gregory
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. Dwight D. Eisenhower
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Edward R. Murrow
90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. Colin Powell
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. Calvin Coolidge
God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Samuel Butler
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. Douglas MacArthur
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. James A. Baldwin
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. George Santayana
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. Epicurus
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. Richard M. Nixon
Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future. Joe Baca
History never looks like history when you are living through it. John W. Gardner
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Henry A. Kissinger
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. George W. Bush
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. Richard M. Nixon