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Today, unfortunately, education does not start in the home and school is in no position to fill that void.

— Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler Interview (2019)

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Speaking as a historian, there has never been an empire that was not multinational.

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When the incompetent are allowed to govern, it is the fault of the able.

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Yes, I haven’t changed my mind. For decades, anything that was decided in Europe came with a footnote, an asterisk, added by the British. But we can’t move forward with asterisks; they have to go.

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I’m not scared of the far-right: It’s like a growing boil that needs to be lanced and I have a feeling it’s already happening.

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Hope is something to comfort the weak.

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