Saul David Quotes
Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.
David, Saul. "The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore, review: 'a gripping, bloody history'." The Telegraph, 28 Jan. 2016.
This is an amazing example of comity and respect for political opponents.
At the time Canada was one of the preferred destinations of escaping slaves traveling the Underground Railroad.
The first anti-slavery newspaper published in the United States & the first journal in America to advocate immediate, unconditional emancipation
Toynbee was very active in attempting to reform the Church of England.
He had been forced out as President because of his vigorous reform efforts within the university as well as the society at large.
The Diggers were a religious-economic movement that even today would be considered very radical. They advocated the right of the poor to go onto public lands and farm them—thus the name “Diggers.” Beyond their opposition to the private ownership of land to the exclusion of the poor, Winstanley and the Diggers promulgated another very modern doctrine: That the poor should take the responsibility and have the right to determinine how the society should provide for the poor. A version of this became one of the Mottos of the Poverty Program of 1964. See {616966}.
This has been the conventional wisdom in American politics. However, George W. Bush not only had a small majority in Congress but he had garnered fewer popular votes than his opponents, but won with the electoral college. None the less, he massively cut taxes, mostly for the rich, and changed from the balanced budget to huge deficit spending. He pushed a major drug insurance program through and even tried to privatize Social Security. Obama, the next president had a substantial majority for his party and had a broad mandate, but in his reform issues he had very slim majorities. He went ahead anyway and in his first term he passed stunning and substantial reforms including Health Care Reform and Financial Regulation Reform. These reforms may or may not be able to be enforced in the future. See {625493} for a similar view.
The major complaints of Muslim fundamentalists then was that “non believers” should never be in government positions of authority over Muslims and that Islamic Law—Sharia—was not the law of the land. The modern and reformist Muslims tried to change the vision of their co-religionists but progress was slow. Over a century later, the same complaints are made by Islamic fundamentalists today and the Muslim reformers are still trying to persuade them that what they want is not desirable.
This quotation provides an insight into Stalin’s bizarre and ruthless character.
For more about the Bureau. See {629185}.and {629187}.
Professor Julian Saul David (born 1966) is a British academic military historian and broadcaster. He is best known for his work on the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as for presenting and appearing in documentaries on British television covering imperial and military themes.
