Books Quote by Andrew Roberts

In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with…

— Thomas Paine

“The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of scepticism with faith.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Once you’ve written a book, it belongs to everyone, and they are all allowed to have opinions, and the spectrum of opinions is the…

— Neil Gaiman

“The best a writer can hope for is hatred by the masses, revulsion among one's peers.”

— Mike Philbin

A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

— H. L. Mencken

“But since my intention is to write something useful for anyone who understands it, it seemed more suitable for me to search after the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect…

— Goldwin Smith

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is a man's original virtue.”

— Oscar Wilde

“[...] the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely…

— René Descartes

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of the errors…

— Charles MacKay

“The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.…

— ralph waldo emerson

“Our contemporaries are constantly wracked by two warring passions: they feel the need to be led and the desire to remain free. Unable to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville