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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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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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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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 crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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History is the great propagator of doubt.
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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
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Conformity may give you a quiet life it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.
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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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History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
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George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.
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If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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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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Psychoanalysts believe that the only normal people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.
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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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A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, What happened next?
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Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.
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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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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
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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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