A. J. P. Taylor Quotes about History

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.

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.

A. J. P. Taylor

Strong, Hero, History

History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.

A. J. P. Taylor

History, Events, Convincing

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

A. J. P. Taylor

Witty, War, History

'The Origins of the Second World War' (1961) ch. 10

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

A. J. P. Taylor

Winning, History, Doe

History is the great propagator of doubt.

A. J. P. Taylor

History, Doubt

The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.

A. J. P. Taylor

Hands, History, Clerks

A. J. P. Taylor (2001). “English History 1914-1945”, p.38, Oxford Paperbacks

Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.

A. J. P. Taylor

Player, History, Principles

All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.

A. J. P. Taylor

History, Psychological, Sociology

The A J P Taylor (1980). “Politicians, Socialism, and Historians”, H. Hamilton

A. J. P. Taylor Quotes about History

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