Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

The whole book of history reveals mankind's never-ending quest for peace, and mankind's God-given capacity to build.

Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves-from our recklessness or our greed.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam in the history we make today.