"There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"