History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.
Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
World history is tragic.
There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.