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A. J. P. Taylor

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

Clients

Levels

Racing

Bismarck fought ‘necessary’ wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight ‘just’ wars and kill millions.

Bismarck

Fighting

War

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

Duty

Kings

Would Be

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

Names

Past

People

History is the great propagator of doubt.

Doubt

History

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

History

War

Witty

I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child’s question, “What happened next?

Answers

Believe

Children

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

Ifs

Men

Respect Each Other

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

Hero

History

Strong

Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become.

Certainty

Doubt

Uncertain

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Believe

Bismarck

Book

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Children

Clients

Country

Doubt

Drinking

Duty

Establishment

Feelings

Fighting

Firsts

Gentleman

Hero

History

Ifs

Kings

Knows

Levels

Loyalty

Men

Mistake

Names

Office

Past

Peace

People

Perfect

Political

Racing

Reading

Reality

Respect Each Other

Rounds

Secret

Soldier

Strong

Successful

Ubuntu

Uncertain

War

Way

Wine

Witty

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Quotes by A. J. P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor

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

Bismarck fought ‘necessary’ wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight ‘just’ wars and kill millions.

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

History is the great propagator of doubt.

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

I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child’s question, “What happened next?

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

Knowledge breeds doubt, not certainty, And the more we know the more uncertain we become.

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