"I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history." ― Vivienne Westwood Topic(s): History More From Vivienne Westwood "Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth’s treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply." "More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have." "If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don’t see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman." More In History "History is the science of things which are not repeated."― Paul Valery "In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated."― John McCarthy "The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."― Epicurus