“In 1918, a police chief of Jerusalem was a Montefiore.” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“In 1918, a police chief of Jerusalem was a Montefiore.”

“Every Russian emperor from Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin knows a leader and his security agencies must never be parted. His safety depends on their slavish devotion.”

“I'm the sort of person who, if I arrive in a city under siege, in the middle of nowhere, I'll always find my way to the leader of the rebels. I just don't know how.”