A. J. P. Taylor Quotes (15 quotes)

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„No war is inevitable until it breaks out.“
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„Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.“
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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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„Nothing is inevitable until it happens.“
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„The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.“
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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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„A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.“
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„Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.“
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„The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.“
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„He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.“
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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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„The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.“
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„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. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.“
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„No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.“
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„In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.“
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A. J. P. Taylor
Author born: March 25, 1906
Author died: September 07, 1990
Nationality: British
Author Profession: Historian

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