History progresses at the speed of its weapons systems (Paul Virilio).
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2 Comments
My favourite history quote is from Alan Bennett’s The History Boys:
‘History is just one f***ing thing after another’.
Yeah, Kurt Vonnegut has got a similar one:
‘History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepape us to be surprised yet again’.