Every good historian is almost by definition a revisionist. He looks at the accepted view of a particular historic episode or period with a very critical eye.

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

A Stalin functionary admitted, Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people were arrested only for specific misdemeanours, all the others would feel safe and so become ripe for treason.

A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.

The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless.

You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down.