It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. – Richard M. Nixon

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. – George Macaulay Trevelyan, Clio, A Muse

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. – James A. Garfield

[T]hat is the triumph of history – truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. – Jacques Barzun, Clio and the Doctors