Simon Schama Quotes:
Ocupation: Art Historian
Life: b. February 13, 1945
Birthday: February 13
In America, much foreign policy seems contrived to be an exercise in political theory with no attention to history whatsoever. Yet there's a great reverence for history - though it's history as thumb-sucking, security blanket-nibbling self-congratulation.
topic: Congratulations, Exercise, Self, Nibbling, Political Theory
