Canadian - Historian | December 23, 1943 -
If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others will, and they will not necessarily do it well.
Margaret MacMillan
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If you start thinking war is inevitable, then in your own times, you don't resist it as strongly as you should.
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I like to think I'm a recovering historian.
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History belongs to everyone. I don't think you have to give up scholarly standards. But I also don't think you want to write something that is impenetrable. You try as hard as you can to be readable.
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Use it, enjoy it, but always handle history with care.
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Women throughout history have had to defy rigid conventions about what is and is not expected of them.
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War is a crucial, deeply ingrained part of human history. It has to be understood.
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There was that argument that if we had more women in positions of authority, the world would be a nicer place. And then we got Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Indira Gandhi. When women become acclimatised to war, they can become every bit as ruthless as men.
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If we don't take responsibility for each other, it seems to me the future is going to be even bleaker.
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I'm not sure I'm going to say that women and men are exactly the same. I think we may have different ways of approaching things, different sensitivities, and women are often better than men at picking up emotional cues.
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Living through times of rapid change can be exhilarating, but it also can be very difficult.
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We mistake being able to get lots of information from everywhere very quickly with actually getting knowledge.
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