Characteristics Quote by A. J. P. Taylor

“Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.”

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

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

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If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united…

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

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If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when…

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Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

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

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George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have…

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One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian…

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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

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Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

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The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant.…

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