Albert Bushnell Hart

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.

Few characters in history are indispensable.

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Money grants you freedom, I guess.