Four sentences summarizing the lessons of History

Youve got to be optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.

He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.

We do not live for idle amusement. I would not run round a corner to see the world blow up.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

We aimed far and high, but we did not miss the mark.

The duty to disclose knowledge of crime rests upon all citizens.

My parents migrated to Canada in 1876, and I decided to go with them.

[H]ave we really the right to speak of the cause of a phenomenon?