A. J. P. Taylor Quotes

» The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

» In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

» No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

» No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

» The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

» Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

» Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

» The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

» A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

» A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

» Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.

» There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.

» Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

» He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

» Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.

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