What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
Gilbert HighetA teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
Gilbert HighetHistory is a strange experience. The world is quite small now; but history is large and deep. Sometimes you can go much farther by sitting in your own home and reading a book of history, than by getting onto a ship or an airplane and traveling a thousand miles.
Gilbert Highet