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I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.
My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where the whole draws together to form a history.
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.
Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.
I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.
The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
