Kings are the slaves of history.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Two thousand years of history Black History could not be wiped away so easily.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

We cannot escape history.

History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.