Charles A. Beard

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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

Charles A. Beard

The Industrial Revolution has two phases: one material, the other social; one concerning the making of things, the other concerning the making of men.

Charles A. Beard

Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature.

Charles A. Beard