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In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

— Anthony Sampson Anatomy of Britain Today (1965)

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Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anatomy of Britain Today (1965)

Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as "Call Me God") to KCMG ("Kindly Call Me God") to GCMG ("God Calls Me God").

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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