For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution. (Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn)

For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

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