“The radicals assumed that acting was more important than speaking. Talking and writing books, Winstanley insisted, is 'all nothing and must die; for action is the life of all, and if thou dost not act, thou dost nothing.' It is… — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
“History has to be rewritten in every generation, because although the past does not change, the present does; each generation asks new questions of… — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
“Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the societies that give rise to them.” — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
“The radicals assumed that acting was more important than speaking. Talking and writing books, Winstanley insisted, is 'all nothing and must die; for action… — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
“Each generation ... rescues a new area from what its predecessors arrogantly and snobbishly dismissed as 'the lunatic fringe.” — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
