"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." - Napoleon Bonapart
"History, Sir, will lie." Gen. John Burgoyne
"Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good." - Thomas Sowell
Or perhaps the most apropos . . .
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." - Dan Quayle