No man can be a Politician, except he be first an Historian or a Traveller; for except he can see what Must be, or what May be, he is no Politician: Now, if he have no knowledge in story, he cannot tell what hath been; and if he that not been a Traveller, he cannot tell what is: but he that neither knoweth what hath been, nor what is; can never tell what must be, or what may be. - James Harrington, THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, 1656
Thursday, March 29, 2007
VDH - Ripples of 1979
In his latest entry over Works and Days, Victor Davis Hanson talks about the importance of Jimmy Carter and 1979 in the unfolding contemporary events involving the 15 abducted British soldiers.
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