"History never looks like history when you are living through it." ― John W. Gardner Topic(s): History More From John W. Gardner "Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are." "America’s greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive." "For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred." More In History "Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we’ve done that before."― Matt Groening "Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace."― Kent Nerburn "Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?"― Pat Robertson