History Is Full Of Surprises.

There Is Far Less To The Presidency, In Terms Of Essential Activity, Than Meets The Eye.

Righteousness Is Easy In Retrospect.

Problems Will Always Torment Us Because All Important Problems Are Insoluble: That Is Why They Are Important. The Good Comes From The Continuing Struggle To Try And Solve Them, Not From The Vain Hope Of Their Solution.

The Passion For Tidiness Is The Historian's Occupational Disease.

It Is Useful To Remember That History Is To The Nation As Memory Is To The Individual. As A Person Deprived Of Memory Becomes Disorientated And Lost, Not Knowing Where They Have Been Or Where They Are Going , So A Nation Denied A Conception Of The Past Will Be Disabled In Dealing With Its Present And Its Future.