Quote by Salman Rushdie
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits. – Salman Rushdie

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The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. – Salman Rushdie

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. – Salman Rushdie

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Rock and roll music – the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms. – Salman Rushdie

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All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development. – Friedrich Engels

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It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. – Thomas Carlyle

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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life. – Stephen Ambrose

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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. Theres nothing to do but to stand there and take it. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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