Two categories of people can be found in the world today. There are those who make things happen and there are those who watch things happen. A spectator watch things happen while a player make things happen. In the same vein, history writers watch things happen and history makers make things happen. This is why history writers are always at the mercy of history makers. Benjamin Suulola
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The quote, “Two categories of people can be found in the world today. There are those who make things happen and there are those who watch things happen. A spectator watch things happen while a player make things happen. In the same vein, history writers watch things happen and history makers make things happen.

This is why history writers are always at the mercy of history makers” was said by President Ronald Reagan in his speech to the nation on November 18, 1984. It also describes how he saw himself as an actor in the world stage and how people would never know what he did because he was invisible for most of his life.

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