“The winner of this tournament doesn't just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.” GamesWinningMajorsGolfWinnerTournaments Author:Phil Mickelson
“The Armenian genocide showed what could happen when empires were beaten into nations.” HappensNationsHistoryEmpiresGenocideBeatenArmeniansArmenian Genocide Author:Niall Ferguson
“In Stalin's Russia racial persecution was often disguised as class warfare. More than 1.5 million members of ethnic minorities died as a result of forced resettlement.” ResultsClassHistoryMillionsMembersDiedRussiaMinoritiesWarfarePersecutionClass Warfare Author:Niall Ferguson
“When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.” PeopleWritingBookWantedNextStrongCasesEmotionalSkillsPerformersEmotional Intelligence Author:Daniel Goleman
“In the old days it would have been a relatively simple matter to have checked Hitler's territorial ambitions. All you'd have needed would have been the 1914 combination of Britain, France and Russia. Indeed, if such an alliance had acted decisively to defend Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hitler might even have been overthrown by his own military. But it was not to be.” IfsHas BeensMatterMightSimpleHistoryMilitaryNeededAmbitionRussiaFranceCombinationBritainAlliancesOld DaysTerritorialCzechoslovakia Author:Niall Ferguson
“To make a living space, there first had to be a killing space.” FirstsSpaceHistoryKilling Author:Niall Ferguson
“Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared?” FightingHistoryVictoryRational Author:Niall Ferguson
“The Japanese Co-Prosperity Zone began as a racist utopia and ended as a cross between an abbatoir, a plantation and a brothel.” HistoryCrossesProsperityZoneRacistUtopiaPlantationsBrothels Author:Niall Ferguson