When I first came to Oxford, I struggled to feel comfortable in an Anglican, public school-dominated institution.
Niall FergusonOral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.
Niall FergusonThe rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.
Niall FergusonI think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of an empire, you are incapable of learning from the mistakes of past empires.
Niall Ferguson