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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an expl

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. – James Buchan

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The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. – James Buchan

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Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. – James Buchan

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A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. – Marcus Garvey

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Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clans bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much. – Camille Paglia

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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost

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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. – C. Wright Mills

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