“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”– William James Related Quotes “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”– David McCullough “We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”– Doug Coupland “From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We’ll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.”– Jon Meacham