In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.