Quote by James Buchan
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there

The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – 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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Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. – E. O. Wilson

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We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. – Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them. – George W. Bush

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History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. – Rosa Luxemburg

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