History is a set of lies agreed upon.

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.