C. L. R. James Quote

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.


The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (ed. Penguin UK, 2001) - ISBN: 9780141937083


When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.