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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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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. – James Buchan

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Politics
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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 A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.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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History
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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think theyre fine fellows and dont need to explain themselves. – James Buchan

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Money
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The upward course of a nations history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. – Queen Elizabeth II

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History

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the worlds main religions? – Polly Toynbee

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History

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. – Christopher Columbus

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History

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it. – Alfred North Whitehead

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History

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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. – Marilyn vos Savant

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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. – Francis Wright

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Happiness

No complaint… is more common than that of a scarcity of money. – Adam Smith

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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole. – William S. Burroughs

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Travel