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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.

Source: Referring to Napoleon III. The Listener, 6 June 1963
-- A J P Taylor, (Mar 25 1906-1990), English historian; Alan John Percivale Taylor wrote English History, 1914-1945 and The Origins of the Second World War, 1961.

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