Time Quote by Barbara W. Tuchman

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“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

“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

“Persian poet said, the rose blooms reddest where some buried Caesar bled. The”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“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

“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

“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