Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.