Alfred Leslie Rowse

“The House of Commons is the most perfect debating society in the world.”

“History is a great deal more than the simple chronological record of events; it is the study of the human past.”

“Shakespeare is the link between the Middle Ages and the modern world.”

“Left-wing people are incapable of telling the truth.”

“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.”

“The purpose of education is to make people think for themselves.”

“Cornwall is not England. It is a separate country.”

“The Elizabethans were a coarser, more passionate, and more violent people than we are.”

“Conservatism is the politics of reality.”

“Most people are fools, most of all the Nomenklatura.”

“The English people are a race of pirates, with the ethics of pirates.”

“A sense of humour is the abortive issue of a thwarted intelligence.”

“The class="highlight">working class is my class. I am one of them.”

“I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.”

“The Americans are a very friendly people. They are also very naive.”

“Politics is a dirty game. I am not a politician.”