An Annotated Chronology of the Events that Have Changed the United States Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. .
All history is a selection out of an infinite number of facts.
The holes in history are what make sense of the thing. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous use of misplaced power exists and will persist. Dwight D. Eisenhower Prolonged secrecy does not serve national security. It arouses suspicion and allows rumor or false report to harden into accepted fact.