Facts about George F. Kennan

Occup.	Historian
From	USA
Born	February 16, 1904
Died	March 17, 2005
Aged	101 years

Summary

George F. Kennan was a famous Historian from USA, who lived between February 16, 1904 and March 17, 2005. He/she became 101 years old.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 6 quotes who is written / told by George.

6 Famous quotes by George F. Kennan

"The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian"

George F. Kennan

"The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been"

George F. Kennan

"The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning"

George F. Kennan

"One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household"

George F. Kennan

"The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship"

George F. Kennan

"Heroism is endurance for one moment more"

George F. Kennan