Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
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