Quotes

The Communist Party now gives almost nothing to the people it claims to represent. The Party only takes. From each according to his ability,

For all the changes, and the glitzy lights of Shanghai, Nanjing, and Xi’an, the state is still paramount in China and will be obeyed

“So…you travel around giving women checkups.” I ease gently toward the questions I really want to ask. “Yes. That’s where we’re going now.” “And

Until 1823, english suicides were required to be buried at crossroads – to dilute the spirit that might go in 4 different directions, and

Bank of England gets exclusive rights to issue the bank notes which end up becoming the currency.

Think Thomas Hardy. Think the end of The Mayor of Casterbridge: “Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.” Gifford,

The first line of the classic Daoist text, the Dao De Jing, lays this out very clearly: “The way that can be walked is

Although there are around 70,000 oil fields in the world, approximately 25 fields account for one-quarter of the global production of crude oil, 100

1830s and 1849s Tories become “conservatives” and Whigs become liberals

Up until the 1850s students entering oxford had to adhere to the 39 articles, forming the foundation for the church of England.