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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 A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/one-of-the-consequences-of-the-iranian-revolution-has-been-an/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

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## More by James Buchan

> [The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/the-prevailing-ideology-of-the-modern-west-which-is-political-economy/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/for-50-years-nuclear-power-stations-have-produced-three-products/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/europe-and-north-america-we-are-told-are-less-dependent-on-energy/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/economists-like-royal-children-are-not-punished-for-their-errors/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [In falling markets, there is nothing that has not happened before. The bear or pessimist sees only the past, which imprisons the wretched financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/in-falling-markets-there-is-nothing-that-has-not-happened-before-the/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/the-world-dominion-of-western-thought-forms-of-organisation/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/whatever-else-it-was-adolf-hitler-s-short-lived-regime-was-also-a/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/ever-since-the-destruction-of-baghdad-by-the-mongols-in-1258-the/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [“My wages came to me not to satisfy any need-- mine were anyway private, affectionate, atrocious-- but to make my needs universal: to incorporate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/my-wages-came-to-me-not-to-satisfy-any-need-mine-were-anyway-private/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [For all their current prestige, Osama bin Laden and the suicide bombers are still regarded in all but the most desperate districts of Gaza…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/for-all-their-current-prestige-osama-bin-laden-and-the-suicide/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/almost-all-novels-are-improved-by-cutting-from-the-top-on-their-first/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/profits-in-business-always-depend-on-the-rate-of-interest-the-higher/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history; and never more so than today, where entire classes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/cause-and-effect-the-riddle-of-all-history-is-a-particular-devil-in/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/rarely-in-modern-times-has-there-been-such-a-revolution-in-commercial/)

[James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/)

> [Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of the attacks in New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/osama-bin-laden-the-saudi-born-revolutionary-who-is-believed-by-most/)

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