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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

A. J. P. Taylor
Peace, War, Political

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

A. J. P. Taylor
War, Fighting, Able
A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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

A. J. P. Taylor
War, Fighting, Bismarck

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

A. J. P. Taylor
Peace, War, Army
A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK

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

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

A. J. P. Taylor
Peace, War, Break Out

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.

A. J. P. Taylor
War, World, Firsts
A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.

A. J. P. Taylor
Peace, War, Battle

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