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Simon Schama Quotes: Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.
         

Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.


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Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.



Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly on into the future.

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly on into the future.



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Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.



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What can art really do in the face of atrocity?



The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.



There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.

There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.



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Nations don't start out. There is not a particular moment when they unveil the essence of themselves. They are always a work in progress.



But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.

But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.



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I actually think that history has fed off the restlessness of cyber space, of kind of the frantic, segmented nature of the way we lead our lives. People want to be connected.





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