"No matter what political reasons are given for……" — A J P Taylor
"No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic."
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36 Quotes by A J P Taylor
A J P Taylor has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- 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.
- Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
- Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
- If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved…
- Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.
- A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
- The Foreign Office knows no secrets.
- Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
- There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of…
- Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way…
- Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.