Quotes by : Hendrik Willem van Loon

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most....

For tolerance (and you must remember this when you grow older), is of very recent origin and even the....

On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed....