I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments. – Friedrich August von Hayek

Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, youve got it half-made. I mean intellectually. – V. S. Naipaul

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. – James A. Baldwin