Sarah Churchwell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to poverty - and to mystify that systematic disenfranchisement by making up something called race, which could serve as a distraction.”

“Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they've purchased. Failure doesn't enter into anyone's calculations.”

“Expression and thought are inextricably linked: crude language permits only crude thinking.”

“History is prone to mistakes in identity, and facts are not always solid things.”

“History resembles a guest list in that sense of the invited and the gatecrashers: the people for whom we have been waiting, and those whose presence takes us unawares.”