“Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on prin...” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quote

“Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.”

“I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.”

“To judge a thing that has substance and solid worth is quite easy, to comprehend it is much harder, and to blend judgement and comprehension in a definitive description is the hardest thing of all.”

“The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.”

“The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk.”

“The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.”

“Black History Month celebrates the ability to achieve the 'unachievable' and exemplifies that anything is possible with faith, fortitude, and fearlessness.”

“One of my favorite things, as a critic, was finding books by new writers who possessed a distinctive voice and vision, an inventive gift for storytelling. I also loved immersing myself in works of nonfiction that taught me something about the world, that made the past come alive or shed light on hidden corners of history or the news.”

“Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.”

“History is not just written by the winners; it's written about them.”

“I love Boston. I love Fenway Park. I love Red Sox history. But in no way am I a Red Sox fan.”

“'What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Montgomery - believed that the Double Cross operation had played a pivotal role in the victory.”