Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

1236.365 - 1262.309 Simon Sebag Montefiore

I do write novels, too. I do write novels, too. But the thing is, the thing about history is... it's assumed an enormous power now. And the reason for that is that we don't have religion anymore in our secular societies. And so where we look for authentic, legitimate, sacred power, where we look for sanctity, we don't look to God anymore. Sorry to say this in a synagogue, but we look to history.