James Joll Born : June 21, 1918 Died : July 12, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by James Joll The aim of the historian, like that of the artist, is to enlarge our picture of the world, to give us a new way of looking at things. James Joll artist giving history The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally uncompromising; and whatever decision is taken will harm somebody. James Joll political taken decision The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its material limitations. James Joll independence example spirit
