Klemens von Metternich, “Mein Politisches Testament”, Aus Metternich’s Nachgelassenen Papieren, 7.Bd, hrsg., R. Metternich-Winneburg (Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1883, pp.633-642.
“History is not politically correct. Many on the left therefore struggle with its findings.”
Niall Ferguson (1964) British historian
"On being called a racist" http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/7482658/on-being-called-a-racist/ The Spectator, December 17, 2011
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Bleeds
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Flemish painter
In a letter to his friend Peiresc, Dec. 1634 - LPPR, 393; as quoted by Simon Schrama, in Rembrandt's eyes, Alfred A. Knopf - Borzoi Books, New York 1999, p. 403
At a speed which was daunting even for someone of his facility, Rubens was asked to supply the designs for four stages and five triumphal arches in the city Antwerp. Though he could rely on his scholarly friends for help with the allegorical program and his workshop for assistance in fabricating them, he still became 'overburdened' with the work
1625 - 1640
“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Socrates,” p. 67
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
L. Randall Wray (1953) American economist
L. Randall Wray, The Credit Money, State Money, and Endogenous Money Approaches: A Survey and Attempted Integration. (2005)
John Brooks (writer) (1920–1993) American writer
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