Barbara Tuchman Quotes about Power

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Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

Barbara Tuchman

Strong, Power, Thinking

Barbara Tuchman (2015). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.131, Crux Publishing Ltd

If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more.

Barbara Tuchman

Power, Weakness, Compromise

Barbara W. Tuchman (2017). “Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945”, p.551, Random House

Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.

Barbara Tuchman

Power, Men, Folly

Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.382, Random House

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.

Barbara Tuchman

Power, Action, Appetite

Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution”, p.65, Random House

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

Barbara Tuchman

Mean, Power, Secret

Barbara Tuchman Quotes about Power

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