Quotes by "A.J.P. Taylor"
All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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.
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
