Phantom Terror Quotes

“As Mazzini put it, writing in 1849: 'The masters of the world had united against the future.' But they had also left a poisoned chalice no less toxic than the acqua tofana whose menace exerted such a spell. When the future caught up with them, in 1917-18, it detonated a series of events which would cost the lives of untold millions and lead to the near-destruction of European civilization.”
― Adam Zamoyski, Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848

“While Jefferson and the Republicans made light of the excesses of the Revolution in France, the Federalists were horrified to see America's sister-republic and erstwhile ally descend into lawlessness.”
― Adam Zamoyski, Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848

“At the same time the cholera epidemic sweeping through Europe struck Paris, bringing not only suffering and death, but also social unrest. As often happens, people began to blame the authorities and supposed carriers of the disease, and there were instances of group violence which sometimes ended in murder, as well as a surge in petty crime. The year 1833 saw strikes and riots in Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Nantes, Avignon and Paris, but they were almost entirely concerned with working conditions and food.8”
― Adam Zamoyski, Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848

“It was a simpler explanation, and, implausible as it might appear, it was comfortably understandable.”
― Adam Zamoyski, Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848