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Traditionally, historians thought in terms of invasions: the Celts took over the islands, then the Romans, then the Anglo-Saxons. It now seems much more likely that the resident population doesn't change as much as thought. The people stay put but are reculturalized by some new dominant culture.

From Norman Davies

The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.

From Norman Davies

Law and Justice are the most vindictive gang in Europe.

From Norman Davies

The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.

From Norman Davies

Why does a state last a thousand years? Why not 999? Why not a thousand and one? What are the events that finally bring the whole thing down? That is what I am asking.

From Norman Davies

States seem to have a natural life cycle, and anything can occur to change them into something else, and that something might be no bad thing.

From Norman Davies

All political institutions will end sooner or later. The question is when and how.

From Norman Davies

It's our vanity that makes us think that what forms part of our world today must be stable and secure.

From Norman Davies

Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today.

From Norman Davies

The idea that historians write the definitive version of something that will last for all time is less current than it used to be.

From Norman Davies

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