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Peter Vansittart
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“By about 1900 BC, successive invaders, notably from Spain, were ousting Stone Age rulers and bringing Britain into the Mediterranean trade orbit. Sophisticated engineers erected , the , the 20,000 s and smaller stone circles signalling to a sky thick with gods.”
Peter Vansittart (1920–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“War was justified, especially if the foe was weakly armed, and, preferably, coloured. Beautiful women asserted themselves through romantic bitchiness (which left men very stricken or very bored), through espionage, leading to sudden death in exotic circumstances, or through hunting: 'Gad, George, she keeps her seat like a man, damme, she does.'”
Peter Vansittart (1920–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source