History is the science of things which are not repeated. – Paul Valery
The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery
History is the science of things which are not repeated. – Paul Valery
The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery
Every beginning is a consequence — every beginning ends some thing. – Paul Valery
From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. Well all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. – Jon Meacham