“Like sex, poverty and power, suicide may always be with us. But like them again, the actual form is takes is essentially time-specific and culture-bound, not only in the past but in the present too. The people who took their lives, the paths which led them to that end, and the experience of dying in this way were deeply influenced by specific historical circumstances. Only by making a greater effort at historical understanding can this most secret house of death be made to yield up more of its confidences.” PeopleWayMayMadeEndsPastFormCultureHouseSexUnderstandingEffortSecretPovertyPathGreaterDyingCircumstancesSuicideHistoricalBoundsYieldBritish History Author:David Cannadine
“Life cannot be destroyed for good, neithercan history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy lid of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it. It may be a long process, but one day it must happen: the lid will no longer hold and will start to crack. This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and uniquesomething truly historical, in the sense that history again demands to be heard.” MayLongMomentsHappensProcessSecretHeardEventsOne DayDemandHistoricalHeavyDestroyedCracksHaltInertiaPseudo Author:Vaclav Havel
“The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.” WritingProcessSecretBehindsAttentionInfluenceEventsAccountsHistoricalDiversionGreat Events Book:Chapterhouse: Dune Source: Chapterhouse: Dune
“It's a historical fact that the Stasi did horrible things and that they monitored a lot of people in East Germany, but I find it very interesting to think about the importance of the Western secret services back then and still working today.” PeopleThinkingStillsFactsTodayInterestingSecretImportanceHistoricalWesternEastHorribleGermanyVery InterestingHorrible ThingsSecret ServiceHistorical FactsEast Germany Author:Christian Schwochow
“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” WarGovernmentFormSecretRightsMankindRepublicanHistoricalForms Of GovernmentRepublicanism Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts