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I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.