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When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
A. J. P. Taylor
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A. J. P. Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1906
Born: March 25
Died: 1990
Died: September 7
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
Journalist
University Teacher
Alan John Percivale Taylor
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Historical
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Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.
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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 moment in women's emancipation.
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History is the great propagator of doubt.
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A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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