“The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know about in a way that they can understand.” PeopleKnowsWayWritingPersonsWishHistoryOughtEducatedHistorianEducated Person Author:John Keegan
“I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.” PeopleKnowsInspirationalLooksPersonsFunnyUniversityEducatedGraduatesGraduationEducated Person Author:John Keegan
“Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.” PeopleMenExerciseFascinatingGood Man Author:John Keegan
“It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.” PeopleIfsWorldWayLooksMeanSaidHelpingChildhoodRegretIllUpset Author:John Keegan
“The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.” PeopleFirstsBeliefPoorHalfMiddleCenturyPureIslamEastMiddle East20th CenturyBotheredDepressed People Author:John Keegan
“There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force” PeopleWorldCertainForceDealsWicked Author:John Keegan
“Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they?” PeopleIfsTryingWellsWhole Author:John Keegan
“We saw the children and the women with their babies and then I heard the poouff — the flame had broken through the thatched roof and there was a yellow- brown smoke column going up into the air. It didn't hit me all that much then, but when I think of it now — I slaughtered those people. I murdered them.” PeopleThinkingChildrenSawsHeardAirBrokenBabySmokeFlamesBrownYellowRoofColumns Author:John Keegan
“The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.” PeopleMenNationsTerribleGreat Men Author:John Keegan
