John H. Arnold Quotes

War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.

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History is above all else an argument. It is an argument between different historians; and, perhaps, an argument between the past and the present, an argument between what actually happened, and what is going to happen next. Arguments are important; they create the possibility of changing things.

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