It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of English people don't know the difference between Britain and England. Norman Davies More Quotes by Norman Davies More Quotes From Norman Davies [The Poles] will die for their country; but few will work for it. Norman Davies dies country Most Poles are by temperament 'agin'. Norman Davies temperament The Terror-Famine of 1932-33 was a dual-purpose by product of collectivization, designed to suppress Ukrainian nationalism and the most important concentration of prosperous peasants at one throw. Norman Davies ukraine important purpose The official ideology [of Poland] is Marxism-Leninism, which no one openly admits to believing. For Marx expressed the German view, and Lenin the Russian one, and the meeting of these particular minds has always spelled Polish ruin. Norman Davies views mind believe Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death. If there wasn't death of things, then there wouldn't be any life to celebrate. Norman Davies good celebrate life death Law and Justice are the most vindictive gang in Europe. Norman Davies gang law justice europe Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama. Norman Davies worth happen any salt So long as classical education and classical prejudices prevailed, educated Englishmen inevitably saw ancient Britain as an alien land. Norman Davies alien educated education long The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option. Norman Davies option still standing path People don't see very often their death coming... Look at the French Revolution: The king of France was thinking in the 1780s, 'We're doing rather better than my father in the 1770s.' Norman Davies king father death people Only by painting the great panorama of history, can the great history-reading public be entertained or satisfied. Norman Davies great painting satisfied history Winners of wars get a standing start in the post-war stakes of remembrance. Norman Davies winners start remembrance standing I find myself sick to death, tired of arguing about details with people who don't know basic facts. Norman Davies myself tired death people I first heard of General Anders and his army more than 50 years ago. I admired him then, and I admire him still; and I feel a special bond with the men, women and children whom he rescued from hunger, disease, and official abuse. Theirs is a story of endurance and fortitude that gives one faith in the human spirit. Norman Davies women faith men children In the years of the Red Terror that followed the Bolshevik Revolution, the voice of dissent was stifled by universal denunciations, house searches, and preventive arrests. Norman Davies red revolution voice house Myth-making is absolutely necessary to create the simplified images that people live off. Norman Davies images live create people It's the historian's job not to ridicule the myths, but to show the difference between myth and reality. Norman Davies show difference job reality I always needle a bit when people say I'm a champion of the Poles, because I've always had a very multinational view of Poland. Norman Davies people-say view champion people The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact. Norman Davies myths still war world The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of all sorts. Norman Davies environment communism church years
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