A. J. P. Taylor Quotes
"In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Men, Power, Wealth, Beer, Opinion, Past)
"He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: History, Mistakes, Past, Study)
"A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Accuracy, Clients, Racing)
"A master of improvised speech and improvised policies."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Speech)
"No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: War, Reason)
"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
(Related: History, Mistakes, Past, Study)
"Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: War, Being, Capitalism, First, Right, State, World, World war)
"Nothing is inevitable until it happens."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Nothing)
"Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: People, Cause, Trouble)
"The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Communism)
"The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: War, Peace, Nations, Security, Weight)
"The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Age, Fear, May, Old)
"There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: Life, Peace, Nothing)
"No war is inevitable until it breaks out."
- A. J. P. Taylor
(Related: War)