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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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A. J. P. Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1906
Born: March 25
Died: 1990
Died: September 7
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
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University Teacher
Alan John Percivale Taylor
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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
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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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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
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If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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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, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.
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American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.
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All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.
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We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour.
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In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to music or read poetry, for pleasure, not for instruction.
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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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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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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 of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
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Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become.
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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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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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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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