Whether History Will Judge This War To

History Is A Jangle Of Accidents, Blunders, Surprises And Absurdities, And So Is Our Knowledge Of It, But If We Are To Report It At All We Must Impose Some Order Upon It.

To Yearn For A Single, And Usually Simple, Explanation Of The Chaotic Materials Of The Past, To Search For A Single Thread In That Most Tangled Of All Skeins, Is A Sign Of Immaturity.

In The Long Run [censorship] Will Create A Generation Incapable Of Appreciating The Difference Between Independence Of Thought And Subservience.

History, We Can Confidently Assert, Is Useful In The Sense That Art And Music, Poetry And Flowers, Religion And Philosophy Are Useful. Without It - As With These - Life Would Be Poorer And Meaner; Without It We Should Be Denied Some Of Those Intellectual And Moral Experiences Which Give Meaning And Richness To Life. Surely It Is No Accident That The Study Of History Has Been The Solace Of Many Of The Noblest Minds Of Every Generation.

It Is Probably Safe To Say That Over A Long Period Of Time, Political Morality Has Been As High As Business Morality.