“On September 9, the day after Prevost’s armistice ends, Napoleon launches and, at great cost, wins the Battle of Borodino, thus opening the way to Moscow. The casualties on that day exceed eighty thousand—a figure greater than the entire population,… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working?… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
“Who, in Europe, can take this bloodless colonial fracas seriously? On September 9, the day after Prevost’s armistice ends, Napoleon launches and, at great… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
“On September 9, the day after Prevost’s armistice ends, Napoleon launches and, at great cost, wins the Battle of Borodino, thus opening the way… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
The nation is bound together by its creative artists and not by parallel lines of rusting steel. — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
“In an affluent society there ought to be an income floor under every man below which society will not allow him to go –… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place. — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
