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> [Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/northern-ireland-must-in-future-be-absorbed-into-the-irish-republic/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

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## More by Norman Davies

> [All states and nations, however great, bloom for a season and are replaced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/all-states-and-nations-however-great-bloom-for-a-season-and-are/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-law-and-justice-government-does-not-want-a-bunch-of-foreign/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [For people familiar with Eastern Europe, Marci Shore's 'The Taste of Ashes' is, in spite of its subject matter, delicious. A professor at Yale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/for-people-familiar-with-eastern-europe-marci-shore-s-the-taste-of/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-one-certainly-for-anyone-in-the-path-of-an-avalanche-is-this/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Young people have to learn in a cocoon filled with false optimism. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they grow up with very little sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/young-people-have-to-learn-in-a-cocoon-filled-with-false-optimism/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/any-historian-worth-their-salt-should-be-aware-of-wars-conflicts/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [It was in the 20th century that national sovereignty really ruled the roost, and the E.U. was formed to cure that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/it-was-in-the-20th-century-that-national-sovereignty-really-ruled-the/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [“Although the rival cereals of rye, barley,oats, buckwheat and millet have continued to exist in Europe, the triumphal march of king wheat was uncontestable”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/although-the-rival-cereals-of-rye-barley-oats-buckwheat-and-millet/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-russian-myths-of-the-second-world-war-are-still-intact/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [ \[The Poles\] will die for their country; but few will work for it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/the-poles-will-die-for-their-country-but-few-will-work-for-it/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [One might have thought that 70 years was time enough to work out what really happened in 1939. It isn't the case. Misunderstandings and misinformation abound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/one-might-have-thought-that-70-years-was-time-enough-to-work-out-what/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/our-mental-maps-are-distorted-by-who-are-the-winners-of-history-and/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks solid. All changes take place under the surface and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/historical-change-is-like-an-avalanche-the-starting-point-is-a-snow/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [I can just remember the blitz of Manchester, or perhaps my father's tales about the blitz of Manchester. I can remember the blackout, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/i-can-just-remember-the-blitz-of-manchester-or-perhaps-my-father-s/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

> [One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/one-of-the-few-things-that-can-be-said-for-certain-about-europe-s/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

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