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> [Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/democratically-elected-governments-meekly-requesting-giant/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

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## More by David Olusoga

> [I was born in Africa but brought up in the north-east of England. Most of my childhood was spent living on a council estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/i-was-born-in-africa-but-brought-up-in-the-north-east-of-england-most/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [Donald Trump did not cause America's democratic crisis of faith, he rode to power on it. Once in control, he and other populists discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/donald-trump-did-not-cause-america-s-democratic-crisis-of-faith-he/)

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> [Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/talking-about-class-and-identity-can-be-as-divisive-as-talking-about/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [I only ever wanted to do history, and make documentaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/i-only-ever-wanted-to-do-history-and-make-documentaries/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [Britain in the 19th century was two things simultaneously; the hub of the largest empire on earth and the greatest manufacturing and trading nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/britain-in-the-19th-century-was-two-things-simultaneously-the-hub-of/)

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> [1819 was a year of hunger, mass unemployment, political repression and murderous, state-sanctioned violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/1819-was-a-year-of-hunger-mass-unemployment-political-repression-and/)

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> [Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/whether-we-like-it-or-not-there-are-moments-in-history-when-pessimism/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the war through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/in-the-case-of-the-second-world-war-the-distorting-factor-is-not/)

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> [I disagreed with my teachers on pretty much everything, including what grades I was going to get at A-level. I was sure I'd pass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/i-disagreed-with-my-teachers-on-pretty-much-everything-including-what/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/democratically-elected-governments-meekly-requesting-giant/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [At 18, I stood in the Louvre in front of the paintings that TV had first shown me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/at-18-i-stood-in-the-louvre-in-front-of-the-paintings-that-tv-had/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

> [I have met other black and mixed-race people who were victims of racism, often far worse than anything I experienced, and who have taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/i-have-met-other-black-and-mixed-race-people-who-were-victims-of/)

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> [The great untruth around which everything pivots is the idea that the defenders of these statues are the defenders of history and truth; while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/the-great-untruth-around-which-everything-pivots-is-the-idea-that-the/)

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> [The age of national leaders, or candidates for high office, has never been automatically regarded as an issue for concern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/the-age-of-national-leaders-or-candidates-for-high-office-has-never/)

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> [Humans are pattern-seeking animals, consciously and subconsciously imposing designs and theories on to past events. We do this in both our private lives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/humans-are-pattern-seeking-animals-consciously-and-subconsciously/)

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