Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one..

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own..

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently..

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….

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic..

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies..

Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions..

We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, eve….

If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves..

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history..

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 r….

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients..

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 pl….

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 f….

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past..

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight..

History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events..

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones..

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy..

Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become..

The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round..