It has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.

History does nothing, possesses no enormous wealth, fights no battles. It is rather man, the real, living man, who does everything, possesses, fights. It is not History, as if she were a person apart, who uses men as a means to work out her purposes, but history itself is nothing but the activity of men pursuing their purposes.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it.

There are some things that are as basic and as structural in history, and if we don't know these things, we are in danger of destroying ourselves and our world.

The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.