Author: Margaret MacMillan

Quotes

Political orientation is unimportant in populism because it does not deal in evidence or detailed proposals for change but in the manipulation of feelings by charismatic leaders.

Political orientation is unimportant in populism because it does not deal in evidence or detailed proposals for change but in the manipulation of feelings by charismatic leaders.

- Margaret MacMillan

The Great War was nobody's fault - or everybody's.

The Great War was nobody's fault - or everybody's.

- Margaret MacMillan

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

- Margaret MacMillan

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.

- Margaret MacMillan

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

- Margaret MacMillan

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

- Margaret MacMillan

I tend to think history is more a branch of literature than science.

I tend to think history is more a branch of literature than science.

- Margaret MacMillan

Our interest in history always reflects our own times.

Our interest in history always reflects our own times.

- Margaret MacMillan

In my view, Germany could and should have made reparations for its aggression in World War I - but was the risk of renewed war worth forcing it to do so?

In my view, Germany could and should have made reparations for its aggression in World War I - but was the risk of renewed war worth forcing it to do so?

- Margaret MacMillan

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