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We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.

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I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.

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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.

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The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

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Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed?

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Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did.

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I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

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It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

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The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

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I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: May 15th, 1934

Died: August 2nd, 2012

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