Citater af A.J.P. Taylor

Den bog, som ethvert menneske har indeni, bør almindeligvis blive der.

Det største problem med en høj alder er, at det måske bliver ved for længe.

Frihed vinder ikke altid. Det er en af historiens bitreste lektioner.

Historien er ikke et andet navn for det skete, som mange antyder. Det er et navn for historier om det skete.

Hvis mennesker skal respektere hinanden for, hvad de er, må de holde op med respektere hinanden for, hvad de har. Napoleon lærte af sine fejltagelser, hvorledes han kunne lave nye.

Engelske citater

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

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

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

If people are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer.

Napoleon learned from his mistakes how to make new ones. The book every man has inside him should usually stay there.