All A J P Taylor Quotes
- No war is inevitable until it breaks out. Anti War
- The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. Accumulate
- Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. Anyone
- Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. Blunders
- If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they… Been
- Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else. Anyone
- A master of improvised speech and improvised policies. Improvised
- The Foreign Office knows no secrets. Foreign
- Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions. Bismarck
- There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor,… Admirable
- Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power… Able
- Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery. Characteristic
- History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is… Approach
- In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both… Began
- The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long. Age
- Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. From
- One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine. Alcohol
- Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot… All
- The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive… Clerk
- If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. Cease
- If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves. Been
- All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out. All
- 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.… Capitalism
- The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide... Battle
- History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past. Another Name