Andrew Roberts (www.andrew-roberts.net)

The mistake that the liberal media constantly make, especially for some reason in America, is assuming that when Britons are isolated in Europe, they are also uncomfortable. Yet since the 16th century it has almost always been precisely when she was most isolated that she was later proved most right.

Historian Andrew Roberts, praising British Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to veto a new European fiscal union, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 27, 2011