“In every generation there have been matters which the general public is irresistibly tempted to ignore, partly through actual lack of information, but far more through indolence, or even through active dislike of inconvenient facts. In such cases, Parliament and Press are often under the subtlest temptations of all, and bear the heaviest guilt for their neglect of the common weal. In times of dangerous self-complacency, a nuisance may be most useful: indeed, it may become useful in proportion to its crying insistence.””
Quotes by G. G. Coulton
G. G. CoultonG. G. Coulton was a prominent English historian and scholar, renowned for his work on medieval history and the study of the Middle Ages. Born in 1858, he developed a keen interest in history at an ear...