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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.
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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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
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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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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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