“Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but nevertheless the very dregs of human civilisation and moral standards. A historian who finds excuses for such conduct by references to the supposed spirit of the times, or by omission, or by silence, shows thereby that his account of events is not to be trusted.”
“Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but nevertheless the very dregs of human civilisation and moral standards. A historian who finds excuses for such conduct by references to the supposed spirit of the times, or by omission, or by silence, shows thereby that his account of events is not to be trusted.”
C.L.R. James
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”
C.L.R. James, Beyond A Boundary“The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.”
C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution“Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but nevertheless the very dregs of human civilisation and moral standards. A historian who finds excuses for such conduct by references to the supposed spirit of the times, or by omission, or by silence, shows thereby that his account of events is not to be trusted.”
C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution“An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.”
C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution“In politics all abstract terms conceal treachery.”
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