History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose which can keep it alive and enable …

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

"Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of c…

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.

- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper