Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.
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. J. P. Taylor
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. J. P. Taylor
The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. - A. J. P. Taylor
The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round. - A. J. P. Taylor
The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.
No war is inevitable until it breaks out. - A. J. P. Taylor
No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic. - A. J. P. Taylor
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
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. - A. J. P. Taylor
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.
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. - A. J. P. Taylor
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events. - A. J. P. Taylor
History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
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