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A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
A. J. P. Taylor
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A. J. P. Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1906
Born: March 25
Died: 1990
Died: September 7
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Historian Of The Modern Age
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Alan John Percivale Taylor
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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
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The Foreign Office knows no secrets.
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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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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.
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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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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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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.
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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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