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A mere compilation of facts presents only the skeleton of History;

A mere compilation of facts presents only the skeleton of History; we do but little for her if we cannot invest her with life, clothe her in the habiliments of her day, and enable her to call forth the sympathies of succeeding generations. – Hannah Farnham Lee, The Huguenots in France and America

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In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. – Desmond Tutu

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Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clans bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much. – Camille Paglia

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didnt have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didnt use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. – David Attenborough

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