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War Quotes by Simon Schama
- But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.
- There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.
- From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate…
- The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political animal.…
- Almost everywhere else in Europe, the more military the state, the stronger the king - except in Britain. Here it was parliament, not the monarchy,…
- Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may have been different,…
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- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare