"Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom." — Simon Schama

"Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom."

— Simon Schama

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57 Quotes by Simon Schama

Simon Schama has 57 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.
Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness…
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…
From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the…
Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.
The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.
I'm helplessly and permanently a Red Sox fan. It was like first love...You never forget. It's special. It's the first…
DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor.
What can art really do in the face of atrocity?
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed…
Landscapes are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination projected onto wood and water and rock. It is...…

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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best… — Aristotle
I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the… — Julian Assange
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a… — Billie Joe Armstrong
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a… — Rowan Atkinson
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,… — Margaret Atwood

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