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Steven Runciman
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“Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword.”
Steven Runciman (1903–2000) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A History of the Crusades (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1951-54] 1957) vol. 1 p. 15.
“I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.”
Steven Runciman (1903–2000) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A History of the Crusades (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1951-54] 1957) vol. 3 p. xiii.Steven Runciman delivered a lecture in the University of the Punjab Lahore (Pakistan) on Monday, Feb 24, 1964 at 11.00 A. …
“Riches should come as the reward for hard work, preferably one's forebears'.”
Steven Runciman (1903–2000) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Traveller's Alphabet (London: Thames and Hudson, 1991); quoted in The Times Literary Supplement, February 2, 2001.