"Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history."

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Source : "'Little Eichmanns' and 'Digital Brownshirts'" by Victor Davis Hanson, www.nationalreview.com. March 18, 2005.

Victor Davis Hanson

#Ignorance Quotes #Arrogance Quotes #Combination Quotes

“The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.”

Source : James Bryce (1920). “The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government”, p.5, Jazzybee Verlag
“You always want to walk a tight-rope of flavor”
“What we are here to do is to meet and become the person we are.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (1994). “Dialogues with a Modern Mystic”, Quest Books
“I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.”
“People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.”
“This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years and went through a few publishers before finding a stable home.”
“One thing that has gone away from civil discussion in America is this idea that our neighbors are not out to ruin the world. We need to come at it from a civil place.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“I'm probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you've ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.”

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