Helen Cam Quotes:

As soon as you begin to say We have always done things this way -- perhaps that might be a better way, conscious law-making is beginning. As soon as you begin to say We do things this way -- they do things that way -- what is to be done about it? men are beginning to feel towards justice, that resides between the endless jar of right and wrong.

source: - Helen Maud Cam (1956). “Law as it Looks to a Historian. (1. Publ.)”

Topics: Men, Law Making, Justice

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

source: - Helen Maud Cam, Historical Association (Great Britain) (1968). “Historical Novels”

Topics: Historical, Fiction, Facts, Historical Fiction

Civilization is the art of living together with people not entirely like oneself.

Topics: Art, Civilization, People, Living Together