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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
A. J. P. Taylor
War
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
A. J. P. Taylor
Life
Peace
Nothing
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A. J. P. Taylor
Age
Fear
May
Old
The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
A. J. P. Taylor
War
Peace
Nations
Security
Weight
The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
A. J. P. Taylor
Communism
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
A. J. P. Taylor
People
Cause
Trouble
Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
A. J. P. Taylor
Nothing
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
War
Being
Capitalism
First
Right
State
World
World war
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
History
Mistakes
Past
Study
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
A. J. P. Taylor
War
Reason
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
A. J. P. Taylor
Speech
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
A. J. P. Taylor
Accuracy
Clients
Racing
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
History
Mistakes
Past
Study
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
Men
Power
Wealth
Beer
Opinion
Past
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
A. J. P. Taylor
History
Wickedness