"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know." ― Harry S. Truman Topic(s): History More From Harry S. Truman "You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break." "I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount." "Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art." More In History "Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time."― Francis Bacon "The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened."― Peter Berger "I’m a four star general in this thing, and you don’t rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad."― Sam Elliott