A. J. P. Taylor Quotes About War
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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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.
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The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
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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.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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