A. J. P. Taylor Quotes about Past

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

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

A. J. P. Taylor

Past, Names, People

The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.

A. J. P. Taylor

Past, Way, Rounds

"The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, 1957.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

A. J. P. Taylor

Mistake, Past, Studying History

'Listener' 6 June 1963

Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from loving the past to regretting that it has ever changed. Conservatism is our greatest trade-risk; and we run psychoanalysts close in the belief that the only "normal" people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anybody else.

A. J. P. Taylor

Running, Regret, Past

"The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.