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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:05:00 -

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:06:00 -

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:07:00 -

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:08:00 -

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:09:00 -

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:10:00 -

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:11:00 -

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:12:00 -

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.

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.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:13:00 -

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

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Alan John Percivale Taylor (A. J. P. Taylor)

2025-02-20 09:14:00 -

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.

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.

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