More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned.
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
In every era, there are only one or two moments when nations come together and reach agreements that make history, because they change the course of history.
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
History is history.
History is more or less bunk.
Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.