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A J P Taylor
History gets thicker...
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times.
Source: English History,...
Psychoanalysts believe that...
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone...
Nothing is inevitable...
Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
Source: The Daily Telegraph, 7 Jan...
Human blunders usually...
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
Source: The...
In my opinion,...
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer -- the wealth, prestige and grandeur...
He was what...
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those...
Communism continued to...
Communism continued to haunt Europe as a spectre - a name men gave to their own fears and blunders. But the crusade...
Lenin was the...
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First...
There is nothing...
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment -- and nothing more...
The greatest problem...
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
Source:...
Perfect soldier, perfect...
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman. . . never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
He [Lord Northcliffe]...
He [Lord Northcliffe] aspired to power instead of influence, and as a result forfeited...
A master of...
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
Source: English History...
A racing tipster...
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his...
We are apt...
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is...