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A. J. P. Taylor Quotes

Type: Historian Quotes Category: British Historian Quotes Date of Birth: March 25, 1906 Date of Death: September 7, 1990 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: A. J. P. Taylor Related Authors: Arnold J. Toynbee Arthur Helps Lord Acton C. Northcote Parkinson E. P. Thompson B. H. Liddell Hart Eric Hobsbawm

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies. A. J. P. Taylor A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. A. J. P. Taylor 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. A. J. P. Taylor Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. A. J. P. Taylor 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. A. J. P. Taylor 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. A. J. P. Taylor Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. A. J. P. Taylor No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic. A. J. P. Taylor No war is inevitable until it breaks out. A. J. P. Taylor Nothing is inevitable until it happens. A. J. P. Taylor Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else. A. J. P. Taylor The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism. A. J. P. Taylor The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. A. J. P. Taylor The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long. A. J. P. Taylor There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting. A. J. P. Taylor

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