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Arguably, the only fruit of the Crusades kept by the Christians was the apricot.

— Norman Davies Europe: A History (1996)

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For more than five hundred years the cardinal problem in defining Europe has centred on the inclusion or exclusion of Russia.

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The immediate future may be determined by a race between the United Kingdom and the EU over which beats the other to a major crisis.

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The formula Muscovy + Ukraine = Russia does not feature in the Russians’ own version of their history; but it is fundamental.

Europe: A History (1996)

They wanted peace and they fought for thirty years to be sure of it. They did not learn then, and have not learned since, that war only breeds war.

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It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast between the standards of the past and the standards of the present. Some fulfil that duty on purpose, others by accident.

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Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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