Quotes by A. Taylor

• Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
• 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.
• 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 racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
• A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
• No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
• Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
• 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.
• Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
• Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
• The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
• The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
• The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
• There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
• No war is inevitable until it breaks out.