“Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy o...” — Max Boot Quote

“Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union, and hostility to the superstate is rising across the continent.”

“Americans are in vital need of the instruction that historians can provide.”

“Mexico attacked United States troops in 1846 because they had moved into disputed border territory; President James Polk used this as a convenient casus belli, but he was preparing a war message for Congress even before the attack.”

“The spread of communications technologies - social media, TV news channels - aggravates societal divisions and discord. All that online snarling is making us jittery.”

“History suggests that economic upheavals such as the Industrial and Information Revolutions eventually play themselves out and leave the entire world better off.”

“In 1964, the GOP ceased to be the party of Lincoln and became the party of Southern whites.”

“I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.”

“But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.”

“Mahatma Gandhi went from Africa to India, and once India won its freedom, it helped African countries to get their independence.”

“Drone attacks are against the national sovereignty and a challenge for the country's autonomy and independence. Therefore, we won't tolerate these attacks in our territorial jurisdictions.”

“There is only one party that's by far the largest advocating for the cause of independence - that's the SNP. So if you believe in independence and want to advance the cause of independence, I would urge people to vote for the SNP.”