“He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be -...” — A. J. P. Taylor Quote

“He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.”

“A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.”

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

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

“Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.”

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

“We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.”

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”

“History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.”

“I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground the book in history, in things that I read that were universal and timeless and then kind of let my own experiences sort of filter through all of this history.”

“Whole generations have forgotten history.”

“Presidents have a right to certain prerogatives, including the expectation of a certain deference. He's the president; this is history. But we seem to have come a long way since Ronald Reagan was regularly barked at by Sam Donaldson, almost literally, and the president shrugged it off.”