9d. het voeren van 2 wereldoorlogen

4b. de opkomst van stedelijke burgerij en de toenemende zelfstandigheid van steden

4c. het begin van staatsvorming en centralisatie

5b. het burgerlijk bestuur en de stedelijke cultuur in Nederland

5c. de Opstand en het ontstaan van een onafhankelijke Nederlandse staat

6a. het streven van vorsten naar absolute macht

6b. de bijzondere plaats en de bloed van de Nederlandse Republiek

7a. rationeel optimisme en toepassing van verlicht denken

7a. het streven naar grondrechten en naar politieke invloed van de burgerij in de Franse en Bataafse revolutie

7b. ancien regime en verlicht absolutisme

7d. de democratische revoluties

8a. de industriële revolutie

8b. discussies over de sociale kwestie

8d. de opkomst van emancipatiebewegingen

8e. voortschrijdende democratisering

8f. de opkomst van politiek-maatschappelijke stromingen

9b. de totalitaire ideologieën communisme, fascisme en nationaalsocialisme

9c. de crisis van het wereldkapitalisme

9f. de Duitse bezetting van Nederland

9g. verwoestingen door massavernietigingswapens en de betrokkenheid van burgers in de oorlog

10a. de verdeling van de wereld in twee ideologische blokken en de wapenwedloop

Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise.

I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know I was piercing my ear when I did 'L.A. Law.'

It's good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren't actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are.

For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.

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To be irrelevant is to categorize your live into separate pursuit

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

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I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

Theology is anthropology.

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If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

I live in a shell, so I can't blame people when they don't want to crack me. But people like you are the reason I left the nest.

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