The Historian Ought To Be An Educated

A Civilised Man Is Someone Who Has Discovered Something More Satisfying Than Combat.

I Don't Think That What's Going On In Bosnia Is Political Activity. It's Partly Political, But It's Partly Atavistic As Well.

The Leader Of Men In Warfare Can Show Himself To His Followers Only Through A Mask, A Mask That He Must Make For Himself, But A Mask Made In Such Form As Will Mark Him To Men Of His Time And Place As The Leader They Want And Need.

We Forget Today That Britain Still Depends For Its Livelihood And, Indeed, Its Day-to-day Survival, On The Sea. But The Royal Navy Is Now Pitifully Small And Has Been Reduced In Size By The Current Government, Seeking Economies To Finance Its Social Programmes. Fine While There Is No Threat To Our Security. But What Use Would Schools And Hospitals Be If We Could Not Protect Our Imports?

Hitler ... Lacked The [inclination] For Anything More Than The Occasional Sensational Display Of Emotion, In Particular The Great Set-piece Speech Which Mesmerized The Mob And Left Him Drained Of ... Energy.