BWBarbara W. Tuchman

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Barbara W. Tuchman

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Quotations and sayings

01Undated

Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own.

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02Undated

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

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03Undated

Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times.

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04Undated

The Englishman, as an American observed, felt himself the best-governed citizen in the world, even when in opposition he believed the incumbents were ruining the country.

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05Undated

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

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06Undated

To those who think them selves strong, force always seems the easiest solution.

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07Undated

Society's revenge matched its fright.

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08Undated

He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience.

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