“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”– Voltaire Related Quotes “We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they’ve got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.”– Timothy Leary “Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.”– Victor Hugo “The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we’d have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.”– William J. Clinton