Bismarck fought ‘necessary’ wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth — A. J. P. Taylor
All other forms of history – economic history, social history, psychological history, — A. J. P. Taylor
Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become. — A. J. P. Taylor
If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves. — A. J. P. Taylor
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting. — A. J. P. Taylor