What you're saying is 'Has a historian the right to offend?' and the answer is very definitely, yes.
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Interview with John Humphrys on The Today Program (23 December 2006)David Irving
I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?"
A. J. P. Taylor
The masses demand a fighting President, and that means you’ve got to offend somebody, because the way I see it, a strong offense is the best attack.
So what can you offend?
That’s an easy one. Offend the other candidates, because they’ll be too busy talking to hear you, and besides, they might not vote for you anyway.Gracie Allen
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown
David Irving is not just a Fascist historian. He is also a great historian of Fascism.
Christopher Hitchens
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
Jesus Christ
Irving, David
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