"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it." ― Woodrow Wilson Topic(s): History More From Woodrow Wilson "Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself." "There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath." "Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership." More In History "History is everything that has ever happened."― Stephen Ambrose "Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that’s been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have."― Michael Haneke "My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I’ve tried to follow that advice."― Warren Christopher