Ronald Syme Quotes

1903–1989 New Zealand

Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome.

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Security and aggression are terms of partisan interpretation.

The Roman Revolution (1939)

Without a party a statesman is nothing. He sometimes forgets that awkward fact.

The Roman Revolution (1939)

The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the Commonwealth.

The Roman Revolution (1939)

The political cant of a country is naturally and always most strongly in evidence on the side of the vested interests. In times of peace and prosperity it commands a wide measure of acquiescence, even of belief. Revolution rends the veil.

The Roman Revolution (1939)

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