Quote by Barbara W. Tuchman Download Open image ““Despised as ineffective, they were ineffective because they were despised.”” — Barbara W. Tuchman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“But I value their hatred. I find it very useful. You see, people are always at their weakest when they're angry.” — Lionel Luthor from Smallville Copy Share Image
“And how are the other weak ones to blame, because they could not endure what the strong have endured?” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“They were pawns, pitifully despicable and disposable, and yet they were strong and fearsome.” — Mikhail Iossel Copy Share Image
“Hatred had nothing to do with how good or how bad a person was- just what the people did.” — Jeremy C. Shipp Copy Share Image
“Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things?… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
“The seemingly most hateful, those on the front lines of despair, are mere instruments of sinister forces, which pull the manipulative strings of manufactured… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
“But he knew what was wrong with him; he was ashamed of himself and afraid of them- afraid of the society whe so despised.” — Ryünosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
“And I reckon them that are good must suffer for it the same as them that are bad.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“The world remembers the battle ever since by the taxis. A hundred of them were already in the service of the Military Government of… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The cutting off of Russia with all its consequences, the vain and sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli, the diversion of Allied strength in the campaigns… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but could not,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The occasions when an individual is able to harness a nation are memorable, and Grey’s speech proved to be one of those junctures by… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“This country is indeed in a melancholy situation; sunk in ease, devoted to the pursuits of gain, incumbered with a complicated and perplexed constitution,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Persian poet said, the rose blooms reddest where some buried Caesar bled. The” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Cromwell. The door was flung open. In stalked the Protector, disgusted once more with the inability of human weaklings to come to the point,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Not a passing phenomenon nor an external force, the companies had become a way of life, a part of society itself, used and joined… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Guides were Franciscan monks, sole custodians of the holy places after 1230, who recited the history and traditions associated with each town or monument… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
